Youth Select Committee disappointed by government’s punitive approach to knife crime
The British Youth Council’s Youth Select Committee has expressed disappointment at the government’s continued punitive approach to knife crime. In response to the Youth Select Committee’s knife crime report, the government have laid out their plans to combat the knife crime epidemic. Responding to the report, the government stated it was ‘determined to tackle the
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Knife crime epidemic fueled by cuts to vital services, Youth Select Committee concludes
On Wednesday 12th February, the Youth Select Committee launched its report investigating the knife crime ‘epidemic’ in the UK. The Committee has ruled cuts to important and arguably life-saving services for vulnerable young people have caused a rise in knife crime. The report, titled ‘Our Generation’s Epidemic: Knife Crime’ is being launched by members of
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UK Youth Parliament launch campaigns to address knife crime and climate change
UK Youth Parliament have launched their national campaigns, ‘Protect Our Future’, which demands action to halt the climate emergency and ‘Youth Action on Knife Crime’ which calls on the UK Government to address knife crime as a public health issue. Young people declared climate change a top concern with knife crime also becoming a priority
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UK Youth Parliament to campaign on knife crime and climate change
UK Youth Parliament have chosen to focus on the climate emergency and knife crime in 2020. The new campaigns have been declared following the UK Youth Parliament’s debate within the House of Commons chamber on Friday 8th November 2019. Climate change was declared a top concern in the UK Youth Parliament’s Make Your Mark ballot
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Government should adopt youth-led approach to knife crime
The British Youth Council have stated the UK Government should ensure young people are at the table with decision-makers influencing the Government’s response to serious youth violence. The statement has been issued following the Home Affairs Select Committee’s inquiry which has concluded the Government’s current approach is ‘completely inadequate’. The youth-led charity also called on
Youth Select Committee to question the experts on knife crime
Ministers and Members of Parliament, alongside leading figures from the world of policing, crime and policy are among those giving evidence to the British Youth Council’s Youth Select Committee on 5th and 12th July as part of an inquiry into knife crime. The inquiry comes as a result of a UK-wide ballot of 1.1 million
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Youth Select Committee begin investigation into UK’s knife crime epidemic
The British Youth Council’s Youth Select Committee formally begins a new inquiry into the UK’s knife crime epidemic. The pioneering Committee is calling for evidence from a wide range of contributors, including young people, charities, and businesses. The announcement comes following a UK-wide ballot of young people 1.1 million aged 11 to 18 in which
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Action Against Knife Crime
About the Campaign Our England Only Campaign for 2019 As knife crime has continued to climb over the last few years, the UK Youth Parliament believes that this issue needed to be addressed. In the 2018 Make Your Mark ballot, over 196,000 young people aged 11-18 from across the UK voted to put an end
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UK Youth Parliament launch ‘Action Against Knife Crime’
UK Youth Parliament have launched their campaign, ‘Action Against Knife Crime’, which calls for a significant reduction in knife crime across the UK. 1.1 million young people declared knife crime a top concern in the UK Youth Parliament’s Make Your Mark ballot. The organisation will also reignite its long-standing campaign for a lower voting age
Real Knives, Real Lives’ – Walsall youth take action against knife crime
How do we know knife crime is an issue in our area? I have held the position of Chair for the Youth of Walsall since April 2017. Just after I had become Chair, we ran a survey for young people across Walsall asking them what they felt the issues were that needed tackling. Knife crime
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