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Community-backed projects in 21 areas will receive funding to help families who are vulnerable to the effects of knife crime and gang culture.

• Updated: 22 February 2019

The Home Secretary is radically stepping up the government’s response to knife crime and will be introducing new orders to prevent criminals carrying blades.

• Updated: 31 January 2019

This seminar will explore the setting up of a pan London project addressing county lines.

• Updated: 28 November 2018

A report published today finds that local agencies must learn lessons from past sexual exploitation cases to respond to 'county lines' and other child criminal exploitation.

• Updated: 14 November 2018

The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, has announced the recipients of the Early Intervention Youth Fund.

• Updated: 10 November 2018

The law enforcement response to county lines is set to be significantly strengthened as the National County Lines Coordination Centre becomes fully operational.

• Updated: 21 September 2018

A new national response unit will be established to help local authorities support vulnerable children at risk of exploitation by criminal gangs.

• Updated: 28 August 2018

67 community groups across England and Wales to be supported by the Home Office to tackle knife crime.

• Updated: 2 August 2018

The Home Secretary has doubled the early intervention youth fund from £11 million to £22 million.

• Updated: 30 July 2018

Schools across England are teaching children about the dangers of carrying knives ahead of the summer holidays.

• Updated: 17 July 2018

Jo Johnson attends meeting of Westminster’s Integrated Gangs Unit to hear directly from those working with young people.

• Updated: 5 July 2018

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) and the Home Office (HO) are scoping the potential for an innovation challenge addressing knife crime in the UK.

• Updated: 26 June 2018

The Home Secretary has today (Wednesday 20 June) introduced new legislation to ban the delivery of knives and corrosives bought online to residential addresses.

• Updated: 20 June 2018

The Home Secretary Sajid Javid has announced £1.38 million to strengthen the police’s response to violent and gang-related online content.

• Updated: 17 June 2018

New #knifefree campaign challenges perceptions that carrying a knife is normal

• Updated: 23 March 2018

Public invited to give their views as new figures show the number of antique weapons recovered in criminal circumstances doubled between 2012 and 2016.

• Updated: 19 October 2017

Prison sentences for those who repeatedly carry corrosive substances without good reason are among a set of new laws aimed at tackling serious violence being proposed today.

• Updated: 14 October 2017

The Home Secretary has today (18 July) announced plans to consult on new offences to toughen up knife crime laws.

• Updated: 18 July 2017

The Home Office is providing almost £100,000 new funding to tackle the issues around gang violence.

• Updated: 12 July 2017

Safeguarding Minister Sarah Newton encourages more police forces to join Operation Sceptre to tackle knife crime.

• Updated: 14 June 2017