Idris Elba to work with Home Secretary to stop knives ending up in the hands of young people

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Idris Elba to work with Home Secretary to stop knives ending up in the hands of young people

Idris Elba will work with the Government to stop knives ending up in the hands of young people.

Commander Stephen Clayman, the national policing lead for ****** ******, will carry out an urgent review of “gaps in legislation” as part of a new initiative being launched on Monday.

Elba, the Hollywood actor and

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, will join Sir Keir Starmer in Downing Street to promote a coalition of organisations coming together to stop young people being dragged into violent gangs.

Technology companies, sporting organisations, the health service and the police are also involved in what is expected to be the first annual ****** ****** summit.

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but there is concern that gaps exist in other areas of ****** legislation.

Current legislation bans the ***** of knives to under 18s but there is concern that the law is not sufficiently enforced, particularly among online retailers.

Campaigners have called for stricter age checks for internet sales.

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The actor posed in January with piles of clothing representing individual victims of ****** ****** – TOBY MELVILLE

Mr Clayman, the head of specialist ****** at the Metropolitan Police, will lead a rapid review to understand why under 18s are still able to circumvent the law and buy and receive deadly weapons online.

Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, has asked him to report back to her by the end of the year.

Mr Clayman said: “Knives are far too easily accessible, with online sellers being a key focus of our work over the last year.

“I look forward to leading the review into online supply and continuing to work in close partnership with Government, retailers and the third sector to find ways we can bring meaningful, long-term change that will make our streets safer for everyone.”

Sir Keir said: “As director of public prosecutions, I saw first hand the devastating impact that ****** ****** has on young people and their families. This is a national crisis that we will tackle head on.

“We will take this moment to come together as a country – politicians, families of victims, young people themselves, community leaders and tech companies – to halve ****** ****** and take back our streets.”

Ms Cooper added: “Getting weapons off our streets and making sure there are tough and clear consequences for ********* are vital.

“And we also need to prevent young people heading down this path – that means offering young people more hope, more opportunities.”

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