All of Labour's plans to get tough on crime in King's Speech: From shoplifting crackdown, ninja sword ban to spiking to be made a criminal offence

Labour has vowed to get tough on crime by outlining measures in the King's Speech to crack down on shoplifting, ban ninja swords and make spiking a criminal offence - but there is no proposal to take action of crossbows. Labour today pledged to strengthen community policing and introduce new 'Respect Orders' - which resemble Tony Blair's failed anti-social behaviour orders - to target people causing a nuisance in their communities. The previous government looked at bringing in firearms licensing-style rules in the wake of an attempt to kill the late Queen with a crossbow, but the weapons were not mentioned in today's King's Speech. The previous government looked at bringing in firearms licensing-style rules in the wake of an attempt by Star Wars obsessive Jaswant Singh Chail to kill the late Queen Home Secretary Yvette Cooper previously said she was urgently looking at whether to clamp down on crossbows after Carol Hunt, the wife of racing commentator John Hunt, and two of their daughters were shot dead in their family home Meanwhile, shoplifting has risen to the highest level on record amid complaints the crime has been effectively 'decriminalised'.