Ross Archer: Why I am standing to be Mayor of Lewisham

Under Labour the local football club has been treated appallingly and crime has been allowed to rise. The Conservatives offer a bold and positive alternative.

Matt Kilcoyne: To reduce gang violence, support the police, and boost the economy, legalise drugs

The party that grasps the nettle and frees up the market will reap the political dividend, just as the Liberals did in Canada. Prohibition has failed.

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It may be useful to ask how the Environment Secretary would handle problems confronting other Cabinet Ministers. Consider the case of knife and gun crime.

WATCH: Atkins – “We want to stop the assumption that it’s normal to carry a knife”

The Home Office minister explains some of the factors behind the rise in violent crime and challenges the idea that cuts to police numbers are to blame.

WATCH: Rayner calls for ‘evidence-based’ stop and search

“Targeting stop-and-search rather than just going randomly around saying ‘I think you look like you might be a gang member.'”

WATCH: Javid – “We’re going to consult on extending the powers of stop and search”

The Housing Secretary tells Marr how the Government is going to respond to the wave of knife crime in London.

Peter Walker: How a Prevent or Channel-type programme could help to cut murder in London

The most important lesson we took away from Bill Bratton’s New York office during the 1990s was all about co-ordination.

Paul Mercer: Police forces and councils seem to forget the reasons for the Prevent programme

For reasons of political correctness, its remit now covers far more groups, many of which are clearly not engaged in violent protest, let alone terrorism.

Judy Terry: In Suffolk, public services are working together to defeat gang violence

Security has tightened at nightclubs, and volunteers work with the Police to protect the most vulnerable youngsters as well as the homeless.

Chloe Schendel-Wilson: Cannabis prohibition has failed on all fronts – the UK should follow Canada’s pragmatic example instead

Conservative values are not well-served by leaving a market to criminals. Changing technology and drug strength mean this approach is becoming ever more harmful.

Houchen challenges Cleveland Police chiefs for “failing in their duty”

The appointment of a new chief constable who was criticised over his investigation into Edward Heath is seen as the latest saga to afflict a “broken force”.

Paul Mercer: Standing up to ‘hate crime’ mission creep

It is a serious issue – but by forever expanding the definition to include anyone who perceives that they have been insulted for any reason ultimately undermines our ability to address the most serious cases.

Henry Hill: Deal to restore Stormont could apparently be done ‘in days’

Also: Tension in Welsh Labour as Sargeant’s son wins Assembly by-election; and Robertson resigns and triggers SNP deputy leadership election.

WATCH: “Crime is at record low levels”…”crime is up” – May and Corbyn clash over law and order

“This is a Government that is actually protecting police budgets,” the Prime Minister insisted, while the Labour leader alleged the opposite.

Neil Stock: Councils need to help the police defeat crime

We nicknamed our Community Safety Partnership Hub the Al Capone Group – remembering that notorious gangster was actually sent to prison for tax evasion.