Today the Government
has announced "more money" for 40 Local Authorities to
set up Anti-Social Behaviour Order "Respect Zones".
Out of 312, The
only Local Council on the list of ASBO Respect Zones, not due to vote on May 7th,
is Hastings Borough Council, and it has been suggested that the Government could be
buying votes in the more marginal seats.
Perhaps a commons
statement on how these Zones were identified and the funds allocated would
clear this matter up.
The
40 respect zones are:
Birmingham City Council,
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Blackpool Council, Bolton Metropolitan
Borough Council, Bournemouth Borough Council, Brighton and Hove City Council,
Bristol City Council, Burnley Borough Council, City of Bradford Metropolitan
District Council, City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council, Coventry
City Council, Derby City Council, Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council,
Exeter City Council, Gloucester City Council, Harlow District Council, Hastings
Borough Council, Ipswich Borough Council, Kingston upon Hull City Council,
Kirklees Metropolitan Council, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Leeds
City Council, Leicester City Council, Liverpool City Council, Manchester City
Council, Middlesbrough Council, Newcastle City Council, Norwich City Council,
Nottingham City Council, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, Plymouth City
Council, Portsmouth City Council, Salford City Council, Sandwell Metropolitan
Borough Council, Sheffield City Council, South Tyneside Council, Southampton
City Council, Southend on Sea Borough Council, Sunderland City Council, Wirral
Metropolitan Borough Council.
It
is also worth noting that none of the Zones are in
