MPS demand action from PM as violent crime cases surge

Theresa May and Amber Rudd have been “absent while violent crime surges” across the country, MPS claim, amid calls for action to make London safer.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is among a group of 47 MPS urging the Prime Minister and Home Secretary to agree to an urgent meeting with them and London mayor Sadiq Khan to discuss how the government is planning to tackle “rising levels of violence” in the capital.

They argue Mrs May and Ms Rudd have shown “no signs of changing their approach”, with communities “crying out for national leadership” on the issue.

Ministers also “cannot just blame” Labour’s Mr Khan and pretend the government has no responsibility, the MPS add.

The letter co-ordinated by Ilford North Labour MP Wes Streeting has been sent to Downing Street.

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