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Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell questions the political will to get tough on the causes of crime So the Government is going to crack down on three-year-old thugs. A leaked report of Home Office intentions in the Sunday Times suggests that the Crime Reduction Review wants to target toddlers.

So the Government is going to crack down on three-year-old thugs. A leaked report of Home Office intentions in the Sunday Times suggests that the Crime Reduction Review wants to target toddlers.

We don't know what the review actually said, because the Government won't disclose it and the Sunday Times didn't make sense of it.

The paper's strange spin missed the point. Everyone would hope that three-year-olds being bullies might alert early years staff to address what might be going on their lives - the causes as well as the consequences.

In its mission to say 'ya boo!' to purported leftwingers, the paper tossed in targeted skills work, boot camps and foster care in a muddled itinerary of initiatives for troubled and troubling children.

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