Metal theft - new legislative changes that will force rogues to pack up or abide by the law

I note last week’s article on itinerant metal thieves plaguing Hyndburn.

As your MP I successfully led the campaign to change the law. The 1964 Act simply wasn’t working. Even under the 1964 Act metal dealers must legally register with the local authority, yet we know that none are registered in Hyndburn and our streets and avenues are plagued by audacious and in too many cases kleptomaniac