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| Cameron civic responsibility push | Cameron civic responsibility push |
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| Conservative leader David Cameron is calling for a "revolution in responsibility" to counter a rising tide of anti-social behaviour. | Conservative leader David Cameron is calling for a "revolution in responsibility" to counter a rising tide of anti-social behaviour. |
| He told the BBC Labour's "knee-jerk" reaction to any problem was to bring in new laws which often discouraged people from taking action themselves. | He told the BBC Labour's "knee-jerk" reaction to any problem was to bring in new laws which often discouraged people from taking action themselves. |
| Less state intervention will be part of his "manifesto" for a better society. | Less state intervention will be part of his "manifesto" for a better society. |
| Home Office minister Tony McNulty said Labour would take no lessons from Mr Cameron and his "hug a hoodie" Tories. | Home Office minister Tony McNulty said Labour would take no lessons from Mr Cameron and his "hug a hoodie" Tories. |
| Incentives | Incentives |
| The Conservative leader told BBC Radio 4's Today that measures like anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos) have been counter-productive, because they allow people to abdicate responsibility for their actions. | The Conservative leader told BBC Radio 4's Today that measures like anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos) have been counter-productive, because they allow people to abdicate responsibility for their actions. |
| He also said police officers were discouraged from arresting people because of the forms that needed filling in afterwards, while head teachers did not exclude pupils because of fears they might be over-ruled. | He also said police officers were discouraged from arresting people because of the forms that needed filling in afterwards, while head teachers did not exclude pupils because of fears they might be over-ruled. |
| Instead, Conservatives would encourage parents, neighbours, business people and teachers to take responsibility for bringing up children to behave properly and keeping their own communities in order. | Instead, Conservatives would encourage parents, neighbours, business people and teachers to take responsibility for bringing up children to behave properly and keeping their own communities in order. |
| A combination of less state interference, more support for families and "social enterprises", trusting people more would create a "framework of incentives that encourages civility and pro-social behaviour", he said. | A combination of less state interference, more support for families and "social enterprises", trusting people more would create a "framework of incentives that encourages civility and pro-social behaviour", he said. |
| Ahead of a speech on the issue he told the BBC: "We need a revolution in responsibility in this country, and for government that means setting a simple test for every policy: does it give people more responsibility, or does it take responsibility away from them?" | |
| In his speech Mr Cameron argued that the government must aim to "build a society where... kids know how to behave in public, because that's how they've been brought up and that's what society expects". | |
| On Sunday he urged people "not to walk on the other side" and take more responsibility for tackling anti-social behaviour, in an interview on BBC One's Politics Show. | On Sunday he urged people "not to walk on the other side" and take more responsibility for tackling anti-social behaviour, in an interview on BBC One's Politics Show. |
| He told the programme the UK was suffering from "incredible incivility" and people were "rude to each other". For Labour, Mr McNulty said: "We will take no lessons from David Cameron and his 'hug a hoodie' Tories about how best to empower people to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour. | He told the programme the UK was suffering from "incredible incivility" and people were "rude to each other". For Labour, Mr McNulty said: "We will take no lessons from David Cameron and his 'hug a hoodie' Tories about how best to empower people to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour. |
| "Labour's respect agenda is fundamentally about equipping communities with the tools to fight those who seek to blight our neighbourhoods." | "Labour's respect agenda is fundamentally about equipping communities with the tools to fight those who seek to blight our neighbourhoods." |
| Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg said: "Until David Cameron is prepared to put flesh on his soft-soap rhetoric about trusting communities it will be difficult to take him seriously. | Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg said: "Until David Cameron is prepared to put flesh on his soft-soap rhetoric about trusting communities it will be difficult to take him seriously. |
| "Wittering on about pluralism in politics means little as long as the Conservatives fail to support meaningful electoral reform. | "Wittering on about pluralism in politics means little as long as the Conservatives fail to support meaningful electoral reform. |
| "Equally, waxing lyrical about community autonomy is vacuous in the absence of any substantial proposals from the Tories to devolve money-raising powers to our local communities." | "Equally, waxing lyrical about community autonomy is vacuous in the absence of any substantial proposals from the Tories to devolve money-raising powers to our local communities." |