{"id":42533,"title":"New Coalition to tackle Knife Crime","description":"We are pleased to announce that we are now part of a new coalition between the government, families of victims of knife crime, knife crime campaigners and organisations tackling knife crime.","content":"<p><strong>We are pleased to announce that we are now part of a new coalition between the government, families of victims of knife crime, knife crime campaigners and organisations tackling knife crime.  <\/strong><\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/ss5a297l7xlidrcfqaknhyflojvsvqnbvcr4l7tcfgwen4cf.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" alt=\"ss5a297l7xlidrcfqaknhyflojvsvqnbvcr4l7tcfgwen4cf.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/46mjf0gnpktqnfhchu18kmktny21yvviup8nmtm2awhbuaqk.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" alt=\"46mjf0gnpktqnfhchu18kmktny21yvviup8nmtm2awhbuaqk.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/kzgl8bmylaqjqyjutswpboh1fnwvczfvymyatmeyizhdtnja.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" alt=\"kzgl8bmylaqjqyjutswpboh1fnwvczfvymyatmeyizhdtnja.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" \/>On Monday 9th September we met with the Prime Minister,  the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, Home Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood,  Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden, Crime Reduction Director Sarah Swinford, actor and knife crime campaigner Idris Elba, Baroness Lawrence, and others working to tackle knife crime.<\/p><p>We shared Ronan\u2019s story and reiterated the urgency for Ronan\u2019s Law, which would ensure a ban on the sale of ninja swords amongst other threatening bladed articles.<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/4lttvyufnpeb7kqky4jzrdaphp1vscpe4q6aokbqzlzv4nny.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" alt=\"4lttvyufnpeb7kqky4jzrdaphp1vscpe4q6aokbqzlzv4nny.jpg.jpg?w=1140&amp;v=2\" \/>The Prime Minister invited us and others to hold the government to account on their new 10-year plan to halve knife crime figures. 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