Home Secretary Yvette Cooper vows to halve knife crime

Home Secretary vows to halve knife crime as she takes aim at Tories & Reform over UK riots.

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00:00It is just two years since Ronan was killed, but Pooja has not stopped fighting for him since.

00:09Fighting for Ronan, fighting for other children, for other mums and dads,

00:15because no parent should have to go through this unimaginable pain.

00:20So Pooja, we salute you, we support you, and now we are in government,

00:28and we will back you in your fight to save young lives.

00:43Ronan's teenage killers ordered the Ninja Sword online.

00:49No cheques, no questions asked.

00:51Lethal weapons put straight in the hands of children.

00:57So this Labour government will bring in new laws to crack down on dangerous online sales

01:03and the gangs who draw children in, alongside new youth hubs to steer young people away from violence,

01:10a teenage sure start to build hope in the future.

01:22And we will make it a mission for our whole country to halve knife crime in a decade,

01:29and yes, this Labour government will pass Ronan's law, a ban on Ninja Swords.