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7. Brown backs new plans to reduce knife crime 

July 14, 2008

Gordon Brown will later defend new Government measures to combat knife crime.

It's after ideas put forward by the Home Secretary yesterday were slammed by the opposition.

They include plans to force teenagers caught carrying knives to visit stab victims in hospital.

Incidents in Bristol, Birmingham and London have highlighted how serious and widespread the problem is.

Steve Bell from charity Urban Vision tells Premier we need to look at the roots of the issue.