Knife crime: Theresa May 'not listening' says ex-police chief
Yousef Makki and Jodie Chesney, both 17, were killed in separate knife attacks two days apart
Mrs May said the deaths of young people were"appalling" as she announced an upcoming summit on knife crime.Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said Mrs May was not doing enough to tackle the root causes of knife crime., and said"we have to listen to them [police] when they talk about resources".
But Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused her of not doing enough to tackle the"root cause" of the rise in knife crime and of trying to keep communities"safe on the cheap".
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