Since coming to power in 1997 Labour has created 3,605 new ways for you to break the law. That’s an average of 320 new offences a year or, to put it another way, more than one new offence is created every day Parliament is in session.
Time to dust off an old and favourite proposal: every new offence or law should be accompanied by the repeal of an old one…
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