The Home Secretary says that he worries the streets are not safe for his own teenage children.
“We are taking a public health approach…This Summit is our next step in ensuring we do tackle serious youth violence.”
Pupils engaged in aggressive or threatening behaviour must be taken out of mainstream schools. That is in everyone’s interests.
Building new houses on brownfield sites, incentivising working from home, and supporting the expansion of cycle hire schemes should be on our agenda.
I’m travelling around the country asking the public what their priorities really are. This review should be the People’s review.
Drones can track down criminals on the run. That is more cost-effective than sending a police helicopter.
This key responsibility isn’t just a question about resources. It’s also about attitude and delivery.
The police force exists “to prevent crime and disorder”; the public rightly expect everything the police do, to contribute to that objective.
When Johnson was Mayor, challenging performance targets were set – and a credible plan implemented to ensure they were achieved.
The elections are taking place next year. Leicestershire and Cheshire are among the Tory targets.
“When these young people, these children, arrive in hospital, that is a moment when you can intervene and try to tackle the problem.”
In general, it is right that schools should remove children that are a danger to others and who are preventing other children from learning.
It would be more effective to make good use of the elected, accountable and effective system that is already in place.
My decades of experience suggest that the knowledge, experience, and will to combat this crisis is out there. We need to tap it.