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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 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 told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the consequences of not bridging the social divide are "enormous". | |
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"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. |