UK Knife Crime Dipped During Pandemic but Blades Still Causing Mayhem

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Mandatory jail sentences were never introduced by the Labour government but the sentencing guidelines in England and Wales for possession of a knife have increased, from two years in 2006 to four years today.
33% : In 2006 John Reid, who was the home secretary in Tony Blair's Labour government, proposed introducing mandatory jail sentences for anyone carrying knives, including a maximum of five years.

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