We need more bobbies on the beat

Lib Dems are calling for measures to pay for 10,000 more police within our communities.

The party is calling on the government to scrap its costly plans for huge 'Titan' prisons, currently estimated at between £1.7bn and £2.3bn. New evidence shows that smaller prisons are more effective at rehabilitating prisoners, meaning far fewer commit crimes when they are eventually released.

The Liberal Democrats say that better policing and improved detection are more effective in cutting crime than ‘posturing over penalties'. Money saved from scrapping ID cards would provide an extra 10,000 police officers.