Boris Watch

Boris is to give £710,000 of funds to three educational programmes motivated towards deterring youths from “the lure of gangs and criminal activity“. In a statement, the Mayor said:
‘These projects are perfect examples of the youth initiatives we desperately need across London to engage young people. They offer guidance, information and most importantly steer young [...]

As part of his campaign to deglamorise knife crime, Boris has been attempting the utilise the celebrity market. After a meeting with Lily Allen, City Hall issued a statement saying that:
“Lily had a number of suggestions on how to challenge the notion that carrying a knife is streetwise or cool. She also had proposals to [...]

Gordon Brown has announced that new anti-knife crime measures will be announced next week, after five men were killed in separate incidents during just twenty-four hours. Boris has stated that these measures will target ‘the underlying causes‘, and has said that:
“We need to do all we can to address the long term complex root causes [...]