PM accused of U-turn on knife crime July 15, 2008 Prime Minister Gordon Brown said yesterday people carrying knives would be “caught, prosecuted and punished” as he defended the government’s handling of knife crime following a spate of stabbing deaths. But his message was overshadowed over claims from opposition parties that the government had already backtracked from a “half-baked” policy to force those caught with [...]
Police arrest 1,200 in knife crackdown July 3, 2008 Police have arrested 1,214 people in London during a six-week crackdown on knife crime, Scotland Yard said yesterday. Officers found 528 knives after conducting nearly 27,000 searches during Operation Blunt 2, launched after Boris Johnson was elected London Mayor in May pledging to tackle knife crime in the capital. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair announced [...]