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Holyrood Tories have yet again been left high and dry by their London party bosses after the Westminster Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said there was no link between prison and a fall in crime.

The use of previous convictions and criminal activity as evidence for the prosecution in trials should be considered by the Crown Office and Scottish Government.

The SNP candidate in the forthcoming Glasgow North East by-election, David Kerr, has welcomed comments by Stephen House, the Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police, demolishing the credibility of Labour’s knife crime policy.

Figures released today show that at the end of June this year, there were more police officers in Scotland than ever before.