This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government

Rejected petition Make the Government urgently address knife crime.

Knife crime is out of control on the streets of London, they are happening at a rate of up to THREE A DAY ! May cut the Police service and now innocent people are dying. Politicians were verbally abused they brought in more Police around the commons, crass hypocrisy. Do the Public not count?

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