'Parents must tackle yobbish behaviour'

London: Parents, neighbours, teachers and bosses will be urged by David Cameron today to tackle growing yobbish behaviour in Britain.

Calling for a "revolution in responsibility", the Conservative leader will demand that people stop "walking on the other side" as anti-social behaviour blights their communities.

He will accuse Labour of creating the breeding ground for a breakdown in civilised conduct by treating people like children with a raft of new laws and regulations.

In a speech to the Royal Society in London, he is due to say: "Behaviour is bad and getting worse, but we must not accept this as inevitable - we can and should reverse it.

Responsibility

"We need a revolution in responsibility in this country, and for government that means setting a simple test for every policy: does it give people more responsibility, or does it take responsibility away from them?"

He will argue that Labour's anti-social behaviour orders - Asbos - have backfired because they have shifted responsibility away from parents, teachers and community leaders to the police and town halls.