Tories Return to 'a Clip Round the Ear' for Instilling Child Discipline

Evening Standard - London › February 23, 2009

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ANTI-SOCIAL youngsters face home curfews and a return to "clip round the ear" policing under Tory plans to force parents to take responsibility for their offspring.

Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling today outlined moves to allow police officers to "ground" children who cause trouble in their neighbourhood, including those who abuse passers-by.

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Tories Return to 'a Clip Round the Ear' for Instilling Child Discipline

Those aged between 10 and 17 would be confined by the courts to their own h...

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