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Tories to outline anti-gang plans Tories to outline anti-gang plans
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The Conservatives are due to set out their ideas for tackling gang culture and unemployment in Britain's cities.The Conservatives are due to set out their ideas for tackling gang culture and unemployment in Britain's cities.
The Tories say a "huge social gulf" has opened up between the UK's rich and poor under the Labour government.The Tories say a "huge social gulf" has opened up between the UK's rich and poor under the Labour government.
The proposals include work placements for young people in areas affected by gang crime and money for local groups dealing with the problem of gangs.The proposals include work placements for young people in areas affected by gang crime and money for local groups dealing with the problem of gangs.
But Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell said the government had already announced job placements for the young. But Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell says the government has already announced job placements for the young.
The Conservatives compare problems in cities with the social divisions of Victorian times.The Conservatives compare problems in cities with the social divisions of Victorian times.
'Broken society''Broken society'
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Chris Grayling said pockets of urban child poverty sat side by side with some of the wealthiest parts of the country. Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Chris Grayling told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the consequences of not bridging the social divide are "enormous".
BBC News political reporter Ross Hawkins says the announcement builds on Tory leader David Cameron's theme of a broken society. FROM THE TODAY PROGRAMME class="" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/default.stm">More from Today programme
"What we've got now in our cities is areas of deprivation," he said.
"Often they are estates where there's generational worklessness, where there's generational failure in schools and it's almost as if there are glass walls around those estates.
"So if we want a society that is harmonious, if we want a society where, for example, gang crime is brought under control, were we have less anti-social behaviour, where we have less failure in schools, then we have to address the issue of these pockets of isolation from our society."
The speech builds on Conservative leader David Cameron's criticism of what he calls, Labour's "broken society".
Last week, Prime Minister Gordon Brown attacked that idea and said there was nothing bad about Britain that could not be corrected by what was good about the country.Last week, Prime Minister Gordon Brown attacked that idea and said there was nothing bad about Britain that could not be corrected by what was good about the country.