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DIANE ABBOTT warned her government counterpart yesterday that “warm words” won’t stop the wave of youth violence on England’s streets.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid said on Monday that the explosion in knife crime and violent assaults was comparable to “an outbreak of some virulent disease.”
Mr Javid promised that government departments will offer co-ordinated policies to eradicate knife crime and its causes, and said that the government will adopt a “public health approach” to solving the problem.
Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
The announcement of a Women’s Justice Board should be cautiously welcomed, writes SABINA PRICE, but we need to see a recognition that our prison system is in crisis and disproportionately punishes some of the most vulnerable people in society