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May and Corbyn clash over knife crime

The prime minister is to host a Downing Street summit to tackle the rise in knife crime. Theresa May said ministers, community leaders and victims would meet in the coming days to discuss what she described as a cycle of mindless violence.

But the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said there weren't enough police officers to tackle the problem. They clashed during prime minister's questions - following the fatal stabbing of seventeen-year-olds Yousef Makki and Jodie Chesney in separate attacks. David Cornock reports.

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