Yesterday I wrote to Wyre Council asking they remove the graffiti at Larkholme Community Centre.

I’m pleased to update you all that action has now been taken and the graffiti has been cleared! This comes as wonderful news for residents, who were concerned that this would spur on more antisocial behaviour at a time of massive court backlogs and plummeting charge rates for offenders.

There are one million incidents of anti-social behaviour every year, equating to over 2,500 incidents a day. Victims of anti-social behaviour are left in a no-man’s land where they constantly left to log and self-report issues but nothing seems to get done.

Anti-social behaviour needs to be nipped in the bud, not left to fester.

As a party, Labour have pledged to take back our streets, to see crime and antisocial behaviour falling because the root causes of the problems that communities face are being tackled and criminals are being brought to justice.

This means:

• A Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee of 13,000 more officers
• Policing hubs in every town
• New Respect Orders
• New Parenting Orders
• New Fixed Penalty Cleaning Notices
• New criminal offences allowing police to arrest persistent troublemakers and let courts to take speedy enforcement action
• New prevention teams linked up to drug and alcohol treatment, CCTV and safety measures
• New youth mentors working with young people to stop them getting drawn into gangs