Funding for an “immediate justice” programme to swiftly tackle yobs and antisocial behaviour in Kent has been pulled by the new Labour government. Matthew Scott, who was re-elected to a third term as the county’s police and crime commissioner this year, announced the scheme in January and it was due to start this autumn. Kent was earmarked for £932,000 of Home Office cash to enhance neighbourhood policing, particularly focusing on so-called “hot spot” crime areas, with half to be devoted to the “immediate justice” programme. This would mean perpetrators would “pay back” to the community within…
