Starmer And Elba Discuss Knife Crime At Downing Street

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he wants to make it harder to buy dangerous weapons online as he pledged to "double down" on efforts to tackle knife crime."Far too many knives are too easily available, whether that's online, whether that's through the post," he said.There are examples of knives "bought online being posted through without any markings, and then people picking them up without any identification, and then those knives being used".It is "just too shocking - that needs to be dealt with".At a summit at No 10, attended by Luther star and knife crime campaigner Idris Elba, Sir Keir said: "Before the election, I made commitments to people around this table and others in relation to a determination to deal with knife crime. And it is a determination."He added: "Now I want to double down on that commitment. It wasn't a commitment said before the election that's then forgotten the other side of the election - I think many people are far too familiar with that kind of politics."