Starmer on ‘Moral Mission’ to Reduce Knife Crime but Silent on Gangs

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said reducing knife crime will be a “moral mission” if he becomes prime minister after the election on July 4. On Tuesday, Sir Keir—accompanied by actor and campaigner Idris Elba—met several people who have lost relatives to knife crime, including Lorraine Jones, a pastor, whose son Dwayne Simpson was stabbed to death in Brixton, south London, in 2014. Sir Keir—a former lawyer and director of public prosecutions—said if Labour wins the election, he would chair an annual summit to track progress in meeting the party’s target of halving knife crime incidents within a decade....