IF anyone could light up a Labour conference, it would have to be our fantastic Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper.

After 14 years of the Tories destroying our country and letting crime rule the roost, at last we have a Home Secretary fit for purpose, ready to bring about the change our country so desperately needs.

Tory commissioners like Donna Jones and former Home Secretaries like Suella Braverman can try all they like to put a spin on their failures, but all we had from the Tories for 14 years was talk and dog whistling, and pandering to the political right.

So I say thank you and fully welcome the newly proposed respect orders set to be rolled out in 2025 to keep anti-social louts off our streets.

I also welcome the enabling of police to seize and destroy dangerous off-road bikes more quickly, thus replacing the need for warning after warning under the current failing system.

And I welcome Labour’s manifesto pledge to introduce 13,000 additional police and PCSOs, with guaranteed local patrols, and a taskforce to tackle robberies carried out with knives.

The Tories were all talk. Labour is all action.

GEOFFREY BROOKING

Warrington