Conservatives have a comprehensive plan to cut down on the incidence of knife crime and to deal severely with those who commit these kinds of crime.

It consists of long-term measures to deal with the causes of crime – including family breakdown, poor education and a culture of indiscipline – tough policing to catch those who carry and use knives, robust sentencing for those committing knife crimes, and a system for rehabilitating young offenders to stop them committing knife and other crimes in the future.