{"id":46570,"title":"Major Campaign Win: Ronan's Law Announced","description":"Ronan\u2019s Law: The government has announced a series of new and stricter measures to tackle knife crime in Ronan\u2019s name.","content":"<p><strong>Ronan\u2019s Law: The government has announced a series of new and stricter measures to tackle knife crime in Ronan\u2019s name.<\/strong> <\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/zew4fbukw08jzeo2zfpnhvsw6ktvcup4voskjsfheiuoadym.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" alt=\"zew4fbukw08jzeo2zfpnhvsw6ktvcup4voskjsfheiuoadym.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" \/>Before the election, the Labour Party committed to introducing Ronan's Law - a series of new and stricter measures to tackle knife crime - if they were elected. <\/p><p>On Tuesday 18th February we met UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper MP at Ronan's old school to discuss her department\u2019s work on this, and she confirmed a number of measures under Ronan's Law will be introduced in to Parliament in the Spring. <\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/lxnswtpmx1nlct56gb8fdsgaesiwe4tuwhbyjwshmtdupmg3.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" alt=\"lxnswtpmx1nlct56gb8fdsgaesiwe4tuwhbyjwshmtdupmg3.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" \/>This includes stricter rules for retailers selling knives online, tougher penalties for those who break them and a new policing unit to deal with weapons being sold online. <\/p><p>The Home Office will also be launching a consultation on a registration\/licensing scheme for online knife sellers - we will be sharing details on this soon. <\/p><p>These measures are a major step forward for our campaign against knife crime, but there is still so much change that is necessary. <\/p><p>We will continue to work with the government, and hold them to account to right the wrongs which led to what happened to our boy Ronan.<\/p>","urlTitle":"major-campaign-win-ronans-law-announced","url":"\/blog\/major-campaign-win-ronans-law-announced\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/major-campaign-win-ronans-law-announced\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/justiceforronankanda.org\/blog\/major-campaign-win-ronans-law-announced\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1740040612,"updatedAt":1740041455,"publishedAt":1740041455,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":294530,"name":"#JusticeForRonan"},"tags":[],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/643e7cs5fptrfyvhjsxkeb7gmtdlenoa5mbjjsrd5x7yhv29.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/643e7cs5fptrfyvhjsxkeb7gmtdlenoa5mbjjsrd5x7yhv29.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/643e7cs5fptrfyvhjsxkeb7gmtdlenoa5mbjjsrd5x7yhv29.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":43776,"title":"Knife crime awareness event in memory of Ronan held at Houses of Parliament","url":"\/blog\/https-youtu-be-vyd-g-xe-x-8-u-si-8-v-x-kb-ve-3-cp-w-4-n-pc\/","urlTitle":"https-youtu-be-vyd-g-xe-x-8-u-si-8-v-x-kb-ve-3-cp-w-4-n-pc","division":294530,"description":"A knife crime awareness event was held in the Houses of Parliament in memory of our beautiful boy, Ronan Kanda.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/3zb7nxvndhirclv7qy85qgep2hj1ve26vyd3zuinhaje1ymk.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/3zb7nxvndhirclv7qy85qgep2hj1ve26vyd3zuinhaje1ymk.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":54049,"title":"Licensing system consultation","url":"\/blog\/licensing-system-consultation\/","urlTitle":"licensing-system-consultation","division":294530,"description":"Ronan\u2019s Law was introduced to close dangerous loopholes in the online sale of knives.  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