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2023-04-20 02:35:17 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 63EE50A450E0291E168BF1D144C8835C4879FF8D56E0BD39F81F61B066263D9E
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This is false. The Home Office is consulting on this issue. This is not the same as outlawing machetes, which are already illegal in the U.K. This is the fifth time this policy has been announced - 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2023. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/machetes-and-other-bladed-articles-proposed-legislation/consultation-on-new-knife-legislation-proposals-to-tackle-the-use-of-machetes-and-other-bladed-articles-in-crime-accessible
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