THE Government would have to introduce a new national strategy to tackle "appalling and unacceptable" levels of car crime which were reaching epidemic proportions, Shadow Home Secretary Tony Blair said.

Unveiling a Labour Party survey - Putting the Brakes on Car Crime - at Westminster, Mr Blair said more than 1.5 million car crimes were committed in 1991, up 156% since 1979.

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