The Home Office has been branded 'crude' and 'offensive' over an attempt to tackle knife crime with the distribution of knifefree boxes to chicken shops
The Home Office has been branded"crude" and"offensive" over an attempt to tackle knife crime with the distribution of #knifefree boxes to chicken shops.
More than 321,000 chicken boxes featuring the Home Office campaign have been sent to more than 210 outlets in England and Wales. The boxes, which will replace standard packaging in chains such as Morley's, Chicken Cottage and Dixy Chicken, are printed with real life stories of young people who have chosen to no longer carry a knife.Policing minister Kit Malthouse claimed the boxes will"bring home to thousands of young people the tragic consequences of carrying a knife and challenge the idea that it makes you safer".
"The government is doing everything it can to tackle the senseless violence that is traumatising communities and claiming too many young lives, including bolstering the police's ranks with 20,000 new police officers on our streets," he added.
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