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Eastbourne and Willingdon MP Caroline Ansell has urged the government to make cuckooing – where offenders take over someone’s home for criminal purposes – a crime when she spoke in parliament this week.

The Eastbourne MP asked the minister about putting in an amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill during a second Reading debate.

The MP has raised the issue before in the House of Commons following one Eastbourne incident making the news.

Eastbourne MP urges government to make cuckooing a crime