Johnson wants ‘fluorescent-jacketed chain gangs’ to punish anti-social behaviour

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to Surrey Police HQ in Guildford to coincide with the publication of the Government’s Beating Crime Plan (Yui Mok/PA)

Boris Johnson promised the wider use of public “chain gangs” to tackle yobs as he defended his approach to law and order in the face of police anger over a pay freeze.

The British Prime Minister, launching the Government’s Beating Crime Plan, said people should be able to identify those who have been sentenced to community service for anti-social behaviour carrying  out their punishment.