The Council of Mortage lenders published December 2009 data shortly after the Office of National Statistics released the Public Borrowing figure (lower than expected) prompting me to ask 'what next?'
Then up pop the Home Office crime stats for England and Wales. You can read its press release here. According to the BBC report:
Ministers say the British Crime Survey's separate study reveals that the risk of being a victim of crime has reached its lowest recorded level.
My emphasis. That's something else to be cheerful about.
A job for Labour Party activists is to get that message across on the dorstep in those marginal seats, and council wards facing elections in May/June, along with lots of others to boost Labour's vote.