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<p>Tackling serious violence is a top priority for the Government and it is clear
we must continue to step up the response to stop this violence. The Serious Violence
Strategy sets out the Government’s approach, which depends also on a multi-agency
approach across several sectors and stresses the importance of early intervention
to tackle the root causes.</p><p>The Home Secretary announced in October 2018 that
the Government will: deliver a new £200 million youth endowment fund over 10 years
and will support interventions with children and young people at risk of involvement
in crime and violence; conduct an independent review of drug misuse which will ensure
law enforcement agencies and policy are targeting and preventing the drug-related
causes of violent crime effectively; consult on a new legal duty to support a multi-agency
approach to preventing and tackling serious violence.</p><p>The consultation will
explore different options to make multi-agency working more effective than at present
and will seek to identify best practice. The consultation will be launched shortly.</p><p>In
addition, 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
knife crime altogether.</p>
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