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Actor Idris Elba teams up with Keir Starmer to tackle knife crime
National World - LocalTV
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10/09/2024
The Luther star is part of a coalition including experts and families of knife crime victims, to help tackle the issue.
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The Prime Minister has pledged to double down on knife crime after a summit at Downing Street
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aimed at halving it over the next decade.
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Hollywood star Idris Elba joined Sakhir Stalmer and experts including police, technology companies
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and victims' families to attend the first meeting of a coalition to tackle the issue.
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The project aims to stop young people from being dragged into violent gangs and will
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hold annual meetings to work towards reducing knife crime, which is now the most common
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method of homicide in England and Wales.
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Speaking after the first session, LutherStar and knife crime campaigner Mr Elba said the
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talks had been a step in the right direction.
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The 51-year-old actor, whose Elba Hope Foundation is part of the new anti-knife crime coalition,
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said it was important to hear from all those touched by violent crime so they could be
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joined up thinking.
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