Tough new measures to combat knife crime welcomed by Portsmouth MP at Portsmouth coffee morning

Tough new measures to combat knife crime welcomed by Portsmouth MP at Portsmouth coffee morning

Tough new action to combat knife crime has been welcomed by Portsmouth MP Stephen Morgan.  Mr Morgan made the comments at his latest Cuppa and Chat event in Portsmouth attended by local people and the police. The Government’s flagship Crime and Policing Bill fulfils multiple Labour manifesto commitments.   The Bill will give the police new powers to seize, retain and destroy knives held in private, applicable when the police believe the knife wi…