Friday, 25 May 2012

Banishment order

07/10/2011 | By Alex Wellman

Labour proposals to tackle anti-social behaviour could see perpetrators evicted from their homes and banned from the area, whatever their tenure. Alex Wellman gauges support for the plan. Illustration by Jonathan Edwards

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