uk knife crime

How A Spike In School Exclusions Could Be Fuelling Knife Crime In London

Leading charity says UK has seen a 40% rise in school exclusions in just 3 years.
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How Glasgow's Pioneering Rapper-In-Residence Helped Turn Around Crime Stats

He says it's poverty - not race, social media or the music industry - that is the main driver of the knife crime wave hitting the capital.
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To Successfully Tackle Violence, We Need Early Intervention

The halving of Glasgow’s murder rate over the past 10 years has become the success story we all want to emulate
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Home Secretary Amber Rudd Unveils Serious Violent Crime Strategy

Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s has unveiled her Serious Violent Crime Strategy, following the recent spike in murders, but will it work?
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London's Knife Crime Epidemic Isn't Separate To Its Social Suffering

If we genuinely want to know why these crimes are happening, start looking at the communities in a state of deep suffering
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Sunday Shows Round-Up: Knife Crime, Anti-Semitism And Brexit

Spike in violence dominates the weekend's political interviews.
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Ministers Denying Austerity Behind Rise In Violent Crime Branded 'Naive'

“In the early 2000s, when serious violent crimes were at their highest, police numbers were rising,” says Amber Rudd.
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Only A Truly Ambitious Plan Will Reverse Our Youth Violence Epidemic

The Home Secretary must tackle the causes as well as the crime
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Why Is The Government Blaming Others For Recent, Shocking Knife And Gun Deaths?

Failing prisons, crisis in probation, the NHS in turmoil, cuts to education, austerity - all roads lead back to this Tory government
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Brooke Kinsella Working With 'EastEnders' On Hard-Hitting Knife Crime Plot

Her brother Ben was stabbed to death in 2008.
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