PEOPLE are six times more likely to receive an Anti-Social Behaviour Order in *Manchester* than Merseyside, claims a new campaign group.
The Asbo Concern campaign, made up of trade unions, civil liberties campaigners, academics and social workers, has slammed the city for their pioneering use of the legislation.
The group has called on government to launch a full public review of Asbos, claiming they are being used inconsistently and unjustly.
But councillors have defended their actions. They say the orders - designed to improve the behaviour of tearaways, nuisance families and other anti-social people - are working.
buttistant general secretary of probation union Napo, Harry Fletcher, said: "Evidence continues to emerge of Asbos being used by police and local authorities as a catch-all to sweep off the streets anyone whose behaviour is eccentric or disagreeable."
He added: "Examples include teenage boys being banned from playing football and a couple who were barred from having rows with each other.
"They are being used outrageously against people receiving care in the community."
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