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2024-01-02 12:23:14 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B82758B0A8BADC8B39EBF43D1DB0A4D370E4BE46B413B10DD3B7EAA21842EBB2
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Since 2010, successive Conservative governments defunded the police, closing police stations and reducing police numbers. https://bylinetimes.com/2023/04/18/hundreds-of-police-stations-have-shut-under-the-conservatives-at-a-cost-of-rising-crime/#:~:text=Central%20government%20funding%20for%20policing,to%20just%2045%20in%202018. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-open-dat Consequently, knife crime has risen across the UK https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04304/ The Tory government is yet to ban the sale of machetes; they will do so when time allows https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-seize-zombie-knives-machetes-b2401581.html
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