Turning point in knife crime crisis

THANK you, Yvette Cooper, for setting out on an ambitious mission for the country to halve knife crime over the next decade.

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How welcome it is to see every avenue pursued to save lives.

Thank you, too, for delivering the toughest ever crackdown on online knife sales to protect people too.

This means retailers will be required to report bulk or suspicious purchases to the police or face fines of up to £10,000.

The Conservative Party allowed knife crime to get out of control due to open civil war.

Labour, meanwhile, are taking the awesome Tony Blair and Jack Straw approach, which is being tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime.

Geoffrey Brooking Havant, Hampshire

It's a disturbing fact that the number of women and girls carrying knives in England has trebled in the past decade. The brutal murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer in 2021 has added to the problem, with women feeling they have to arm themselves for their own protection.