Plans to get tough with 'Mr Bigs'

12 April 2012

Some of Britain's worst criminals face lifelong restrictions on their freedom under tough new measures to be unveiled by Tony Blair.

Anyone included on a new list of 500 "Mr Bigs" will risk being placed on licence by a judge the next time they are convicted.

They could be forced to undergo drug treatment, be barred from associating with other known criminals and face a permanent police watch. Any breach could see them returned to jail.

Police will also be helped to seize criminals' assets.

It is among proposals to be set out in the latest report of the Prime Minister's six-month policy review - due to be published early next week.

A Downing Street source told the News of the World: "We want to tackle those criminals who are doing the most damage to society. We know who they are. We want them to know the law will be breathing down their neck all the time. These Mr Bigs can no longer think their bling is out of reach because they have given it to their wives."

The paper said the 500 were responsible for 5,000 crimes in the average week.

Shadow Home Secretary David Davis said: "Without extra prison places this amounts to nothing more than trying to grab a headline without doing anything to address the serious crime on our streets."

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