Our parents and grandparents will often tell us that communities were safer and stronger in times gone by. You were more likely to know your neighbour, kids respected the elderly and young people felt the country had something to offer them.

We can’t recreate the past and nor should we try. But I do believe in a country based on those values of respect, responsibility and opportunity. 

Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, said in response to Theresa May's proposed changes to the way police and immigration services work to remove foreigners who are operating in British gangs:

"Whatever promises the Tory-led Government makes the truth is they are making it harder not easier to crackdown on gangs and foreign criminals. By cutting 16,000 police officers they are weakening the fight against urban crime and gangs.