Brown vow to cut police red tape

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But he side-stepped demands from Tory leader David Cameron to scrap the form officers have to fill in when they stop someone in the street.

Gordon Brown said he will publish the final conclusions of the Flanagan Report on the issue next week.

Mr Cameron said the stop forms had proved a "colossal waste of police time" and should be ditched.

He said: "For more than three years the Conservative party has been arguing that we should scrap the form that police have to fill in every time they stop someone.

"It is a foot long and takes seven minutes to complete. Will you confirm that the Government will now scrap the stop form?"

Mr Brown said: "It is true that for the last three years the Conservative party have been arguing - arguing among themselves on Europe and on many other issues."

He added: "The Flanagan report that was published in November recommended that we reduce and remove the bureaucracy associated with the filling in of forms.

"He will publish his final report next Monday. We are taking the action that is necessary and you should be supporting us."