But while the mood among Home Office officials may have softened following their move to Marsham Street in Westminster, London, the department's tough stance on antisocial behaviour is, if anything, stronger than ever.
Fostering respect and tackling yobs is Labour's mantra for its third term in government and it is the Home Office's job to deliver it. Much of the media response to the Government's respect campaign has focused on antisocial young people and led many youth professionals, including Youth Justice Board chair Rod Morgan, to claim that young people are being demonised.
But it's a claim that Baroness Patricia Scotland, the Home Office minister in charge of criminal justice, rejects.
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