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Serious young offenders will be turned away from gangs and knife crime through rigorous education and training at the country’s first Secure School.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The government will invest a further £4 million to tackle the scourge of knife crime, the Home Secretary has announced.
Zombie-style knives and machetes will be outlawed under legislation laid today. A surrender and compensation scheme will launch in the summer.
A new strategy has been launched to tackle the domestic and international threat of serious and organised crime.
A consultation looking at whether cowardly domestic killers should receive tougher sentences if they subject their victims to a campaign of coercive and controlling abuse, has been launched by the Lord Chancellor today.
Over 1,600 arrests during county lines crackdown in national police operation last week, with over 100kg cannabis and £1.2 million of Class A drugs seized.
The government has introduced a new ban on zombie-style knives and machetes that have no practical use and will give police more powers to seize knives.
Police leaders must make sure their officers are confident to use stop and search powers wherever necessary, to seize dangerous weapons and prevent knife crime.
New figures demonstrate the impact of coordinated and relentless police action in tackling county lines drug gangs
Police to adopt new 'Clear, Hold, Build' tactic, as Home Secretary launches consultation on new offences to frustrate criminal enterprises.
Hundreds more victims expected to be helped through funding of support services to 2025.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
Measures in the Offensive Weapons Act come into force today which will restrict access to knives and corrosives.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The force will receive additional support and investment from the Home Office over the next three years to take down county lines drug networks.
Government today announces a further £130 million to bolster efforts tackling serious violence and homicide.
London, West Midlands and Wales to pilot new requirement to help prevent homicides caused by offensive weapons such as knives and guns.
From 22 September, owners of certain firearms previously regarded as antique will require a licence.
A tough ban on a wide range of knives, weapons, and firearms comes into force today as part of government action to tackle violent crime and serious violence.
Police in Thames Valley, West Midlands, Merseyside and Sussex will trial the new orders, which give police powers to stop and search convicted knife carriers.
Cutting crime and building safer communities will be at the heart of new legislation unveiled in Parliament today (9 March 2021).
Measures to keep dangerous weapons off the streets are a step closer today with the opening of a surrender scheme, under prohibitions introduced in the Offensive Weapons Act.
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