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The Report calls for a zero-tolerance approach to criminals

warned The Number of people or sentenced for carrying knives in England and Wales has reached record highs, the Ministry of justice shows the data.

It 14,135 offences in the year to September 2019, The Most since data first collected in 2007.

If the possession of offenses, where other weapons have been added, the sum was almost 22,300 - The Most since 2009.

This Week , it was reported, Boris Johnson introduces a new cabinet committee looking for ways to combat The Crime .

It Comes after data published by The Office for National statistics in October, the police showed crimes recorded where a knife or sharp instrument in the year to June , up 7% for The Last 12 months 44,076.

The latest MoJ figures show that for the majority of offenders (71%), this was the first crime of this kind.

According to The Report , the perpetrators are now handed over to tend to an immediate prison sentence for knife and weapons offences, and for longer.

In the year to September, 38% of the knife and offensive weapon offences led to an immediate custodial sentence, compared with 23% for the same period in 2009.

The average length of custodial sentences increased in the same period of six to eight months, the document said.

BBC home Affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the record number of knife possession offences, a greater use of police stop-and-search powers, as well as an increase in The Number of people, the knife was able to reflect.

Jonathan , pictured with his mother, Michelle, died after being stabbed on a North London high street in the year 2017, " murderer,'

Jonathan McPhillips, 28, was killed after he was stabbed in the chest on the North London high street in the year 2017.

His mother, Michelle, said he was trying to protect was a teenager, he knew, who was attacked by a gang when he was stabbed in the vicinity of Islington Town Hall .

The father-of-two, known as JJ, died in hospital four days later, on 28. February.

Michelle, who now campaigns against knife violence, said tougher penalties, including automatic jail sentences for carrying knives and more police officers needed in the battle against knife crime.

the Young People also need to better understand the far-reaching consequences of knife attacks, she says.

"You don't understand. It is not only the family of The Victim who are affected - it is the culprit in the family is to. You feel guilty that she is already of the birth of a killer, but No One gives birth to a killer - a killer created in our society. "

No One was convicted of killing Jonathan .

A case against A Man accused of the deadly measurement was only allowed to fight fall by The Crown Prosecution Service in the year 2018, after it decided there was no realistic prospect of conviction.

But Michelle said she would continue to fight for justice for her son.

"I'm not gone. I will not fade into the background. "

'Complex causes'

Barnardo's chief executive Javed Khan said: "We must fight to the root and understand why the parties to carry knives.

"the increase in The Number and length of the sentences can only be part of The Solution , so this may not deter Young People suffering from the poverty of hope.

"The new Federal government urgently needs to find work with charities, education, health, youth workers, Criminal Justice system and local communities to long-term solutions, so that children at risk have a reason to move away from crime. "

On Wednesday, Mr Johnson had ordered all Whitehall departments to take measures to combat The Crime .

According to The Paper , the Prime Minister said each Department should see a Criminal Justice Department as part of a drive to The Complex causes of crime", that would mean, long-term reforms to improve the health, social care, youth welfare and education.

'Little faith'

Shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott said there was "no evidence" in the data, the approach taken by the government to combat knife crime had a positive effect.

"Rising knife crime in the coffin of the Tory claims on law and order. Unfortunately, to fight the crisis, which they created, by cuts in police, schools, Mental Health and drug services, there may be added a little trust, no substantial improvement," the labour front Bencher.

justice Minister Chris Philp said the government was the recruitment of 20,000 more police officers to replace these in The Last ten years, the expansion of stop-and-search powers and ensure the majority of perpetrators of violence was kept were lost in prison for longer.

"These numbers should be added as a solemn warning to those associated with a knife - You are more likely to be in prison, and for longer, than at any point in The Last ten years," he said.

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Source of news: bbc.com