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The head of the government's antisocial behaviour taskforce was accused of lacking respect this week when she was 15 minutes late in logging on to a live internet chat.

Respect tsar Louise Casey admitted it was a "fair cop" after one participant in the discussion on Downing Street's website asked: "Does it not show some respect for your audience to appear on time?"

Casey added: "Downing Street had a power cut apparently... they called it technical challenges. I can only apologise but I'm here now!"