Labour, under Keir Starmer's leadership, is making cutting knife crime a 'moral mission' with proposals for new laws and strong actions if elected. Starmer pledges to halve knife crime incidents within a decade, holding annual summits and meeting families of victims with actor Idris Elba to discuss plans.
Policy 2024: Knife crime is top of the agenda for parties' law and order policy as @SarahCorkerNews explains https://t.co/LXoJm7urNU
“This has to be about all of us… we want to set this as a mission for the country to halve knife crime over the next ten years” Labour’s Yvette Cooper believes the issue of knife crime should go above party politics, and the answer lies in early prevention #bbcqt https://t.co/KvOqw3r4tg
Actor Idris Elba says young people have solutions to tackle knife crime, from tougher sentences to removing loopholes for obtaining knives. https://t.co/iWGH0GyrMZ
Tackling knife crime will be a moral mission for the next Labour government. 👏🏾👏🏾@Keir_Starmer https://t.co/FDXZ6VrVmm
Yesterday, the Labour leader met with families who have been affected by knife crime including Pastor Lorraine Jones. She tells @WilfredFrost 'you could tell Keir Starmer was really speaking from the heart' Read more: https://t.co/KeEFmQeVSK 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube https://t.co/DRhWUpKhsx
For the families grieving their children who never came home, action to end knife crime cannot come soon enough. My Labour Party will put knife crime victims and their families at the heart of our work, and take the strongest action to stop more families suffering. https://t.co/UPtXDtoUKC
Let's all lie To protect a murderer Why? Because that's the moral thing to do! Sincerely, @TheDemocrats https://t.co/G6gybLcYuh
Reducing knife crime will be a "moral mission" for Labour if it wins the general election on 4 July, Sir Keir Starmer will say on Tuesday Read more🔗 https://t.co/35mnnj4QFU
🔴 Starmer vows to tackle knife crime by Christmas https://t.co/jcQDbSUiVK
The rising epidemic of knife crime on our streets means more and more young people never make it home. This has got to stop. @UKLabour will take the strongest action in a generation to end this tragic crime. https://t.co/ji2yoKBWUp
'We need to be aiming for preventative measures and we need to be getting through to the younger children.' Anti-knife crime campaigner and founder of FazAmnesty, Faron Alex Paul, shares his thoughts on Starmer's aims to tackle knife crime. https://t.co/KoDBez5qwe
Former Met police detective Peter Bleksley says Labour’s plan to tackle knife crime “contains a lot of words, but actually says nothing”. “There are five missing words for me - police, stop and search, prison!” #Talk https://t.co/4NytLUBJ7d
I was so moved by the courage of the families at today’s knife crime event with Keir Starmer and Idris Elba. You can understand why Starmer says this has to be a “moral mission” https://t.co/yMuG49PAbL
Good to see this issue being highlighted. Conversations with the families of knife crime victims in #Vauxhall are the hardest I've ever had. It's good that @UKLabour are committed to a cross-government, cross-party approach on this. We must save more young lives. https://t.co/v2B1jyqkUX
Keir Starmer explains how Labour would tackle knife crime to make perpetrators "face consequences of their actions". "I'm really worried, knife crime is up 70% since 2015... it's massively overdue!" Watch the full interview with @petercardwell at 5pm: https://t.co/nGhlYySODJ https://t.co/IpZBfhcXSC
Ian Collins muses on what should be done about the UK’s knife crime epidemic. “If you catch them with a knife… you’re going to the chiller for the next five years. Tell my why that wouldn’t at least begin the process?" @iancollinsuk https://t.co/nvMocDbSQk
Ian Collins muses on what should be done about the UK’s knife crime epidemic. “If you catch them with a knife… you’re going to the chiller for the next five years. Tell my why that wouldn’t at least begin the process? @iancollinsuk https://t.co/Yb34Gq0RKE
Rising rates of knife crime are causing huge harm to communities across the country. Labour will introduce mandatory referrals to Youth Offending Teams and intervention plans including curfews and tagging, to half knife crime within a decade. https://t.co/eGrWCOwZPy
For the parents grieving sons and daughters who never came home, action to end knife crime cannot wait. That’s why I will work to implement labours plan: tougher sentencing, new young futures programme, and a cross government coalition working with victims and their families. https://t.co/cVrQ8CLSU1
The families @idriselba and I spent time with today have suffered the most unimaginable loss. My Labour government will introduce Ronan’s Law to put an end to knives being sold to children and keep our young people safe. https://t.co/nth7qNqILq
Idris Elba met with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer as well as victims in London this morning to discuss knife crime and what the government need to do about it. #idriselba #election #GeneralElection4thJuly2024 https://t.co/2iQful2J0O
Knife crime destroys so many lives. It is therefore so important that tackling knife crime will be a moral mission at the heart of the next Labour government. https://t.co/sI1aliRZeK
Sir Keir Starmer and Idris Elba meet with the families of knife crime victims to discuss Labour's plan to tackle the issue. Read more: https://t.co/vz5WiXoeJ7 https://t.co/fWSYTO2Ji3
'We MUST end the scourge of knife crime to keep our kids safe – it’s my moral mission to stop these murders,' vows Keir https://t.co/IoLcTcN1nv
Keir Starmer and Idris Elba meeting families whose loved ones have been victims of knife crimes @LyricHammer. Both calling for a long-term plan to reduce permanently death and injuries and take knives off the streets. https://t.co/j7NdjMBnS9
Tackling knife crime will be a moral mission at the heart of @Keir_Starmer 's Labour government. https://t.co/2WYJPUF72n
Idris Elba joins Keir Starmer on 'moral mission' to tackle knife crime in London - @RachaelBurford with all the details https://t.co/ZeKqRNBTAc
Idris Elba joins Keir Starmer on 'moral mission' to tackle knife crime in London https://t.co/BMYEXBY3k2
'Whatever happens with politics, this doesn't stop. We're going to keep going and we still think we must hold the government accountable.' Actor Idris Elba speaks as Sir Keir Starmer meets families of knife crime victims. https://t.co/fSbeUYD5ka 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube https://t.co/HLXkI58Ypr
Keir Starmer and actor Idris Elba listen to powerful stories of families affected by knife crime Labour leader says it's a "moral mission" to halve knife crime incidents within 10 years Idris Elba: Needs to be "joined-up thinking" to end scourge https://t.co/dpw4phWAGz https://t.co/nBbue1vpHo
"I want to hear from you, I want to work with you" Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has met with families of knife crime victims as he aims to halve incidents within 10 years. Read more: https://t.co/rUEAoYffZ6 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/QwfkdywbYb
Keir Starmer and Idris Elba meet families who have lost loved ones to knife crime, including relatives of Ronan Kanda. He’s promised to tackle the sale of weapons online and halve knife crime incidents within 10 years. https://t.co/5YZbLJZ9F2
Keir Starmer and Idris Elba are meeting the families of knife crime victims this morning in London https://t.co/dKirQmma5m
Idris Elba has joined Sir Keir Starmer this morning to meet those affected by knife crime as Labour highlights its plan to deal with the scourge https://t.co/2bV67qYjVr
"Knife crime is not an exclusively London problem" Labour's @NickTorfaen explains his parties plan on halving knife crime over the next 10 years. https://t.co/1saQheY27S 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/q6lH7JyaCj
Labour to hold annual knife crime summit in bid to halve incidents within a decade @Keir_Starmer @YvetteCooperMP @amyhsrichards @DannyShawNews https://t.co/06vGFIBYZH
Keir Starmer makes election promise to halve knife crime https://t.co/ERSJ36YnbG https://t.co/TNzEURZ2bz
If elected, the next Labour government with @Keir_Starmer as Prime Minister will take the strongest action in a generation to tackle knife crime. https://t.co/7O3vaUX4iU
Tackling knife crime will be a moral mission for my Labour government. For the parents grieving children who never came home, action to end this scourge cannot wait. https://t.co/KRhdFLon0Z
It is our duty as political leaders across all parties to work together to end knife crime and keep our young people safe.
If elected, the next Labour government with @Keir_Starmer as Prime Minister will go above and beyond party politics to take the strongest action in a generation to tackle knife crime. https://t.co/7O3vaUX4iU
Cutting knife crime to be 'moral mission' for Labour if it wins election Read more🔗 https://t.co/qCLhsXWvK7
Labour makes cutting knife crime a 'moral mission' as Starmer proposes new child criminal exploitation offence https://t.co/xf2euDfpgj
Labour makes cutting knife crime a 'moral mission' as Starmer proposes new child criminal exploitation law https://t.co/zlS1at9LWn