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<p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced on 13 March that an additional £100 million
funding in 19/20 will help in the police’s immediate response to the rise in serious
knife crime, enabling priority forces to immediately begin planning to put in place
the additional capacity they need. The funding will also be invested in Violence Reduction
Units, bringing together a range of agencies including health, education, social services
and others, to develop a multi-agency approach in preventing serious violence altogether.
It is important that we recognise that greater law enforcement on its own will not
reduce serious violence and that we must continue to focus on prevention.</p><p>The
majority of the investment will go towards supporting police forces where violent
crime is impacting the most, to take immediate action to suppress the violence we
are seeing, to make our streets safer. We are engaging with partners including the
National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners
and we are developing the criteria by which forces will receive this funding.</p>
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