Diane
Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, commenting on Government proposals to
increase restrictions on the online sales of knives, said:
“Any and
all sensible measures to prevent knife crime should be considered, but this
measure is likely to be marginal at best.
“The truth is
this Government has failed to address the root causes of knife crime. They have
not mounted effective anti-knives campaigns in schools and colleges, the
voluntary agreement signed with retailers just last year clearly has not
worked, and they have repeatedly broken their promises on sentencing for knife
possession
“Meanwhile,
the police have lost over 20,000 officers since 2010 and cuts to local
authority budgets have seen youth centres and services close across the
country. All of this amounts to a record of failure by this Tory
government.”
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