Postcode Lottery in Asbos As Boroughs Disagree Over Use

Evening Standard - London › January 12, 2006

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DRAMATIC differences in the way London boroughs impose antisocial behaviour orders (Asbos) are exposed today.

Government figures reveal some have imposed dozens of Asbos in the six years since they were introduced by Tony Blair to protect residents from persistent troublemakers - but others have issued only a handful.

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Postcode Lottery in Asbos As Boroughs Disagree Over Use

It means yobs face a "postcode lottery" of punishment. The lowest use has been in Barking and Dagenham, where just five Asbos were issued between 199...

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