Britain’s cost-of-living crisis will spark a “crime spree” with parents “stealing to feed their children”, a police boss warns today.
Labour ’s Tom McNeil claimed the government's “failure to support people” will spark car thefts as people “choose crime to keep up the rent”.
The Assistant Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands said there is “no excuse for crime” - but it is “common sense” that poverty is one reason people do the wrong thing.
