Jeremy Corbyn and Sadiq Khan host meetings with Glasgow experts to learn about integrated approaches to reducing crime

LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have each hosted meetings on violent crime amid concerns over the number of killings in the capital so far this year.

In a gathering at Parliament Mr Corbyn spoke to police officers and experts including John Carnochan from Glasgow’s Violence Reduction Unit, which has been praised for the way it deals with the problem.

Meanwhile, Mr Khan hosted Home Secretary Amber Rudd and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick at City Hall, where delegates held a minute’s silence in memory of victims.

All London MPs, council leaders and Assembly members were invited to the event, which took place as the Labour leader was hosting a meeting on the same topic in Westminster.

Mr Corbyn said: “Labour’s approach to dealing with the sharp rise in violent crime will be shaped by those with first-hand experiences of working on the front line.

“Ending damaging Tory cuts to police numbers and putting more officers on our streets is essential but only one part of the solution.

“We must also learn from other initiatives that work. Glasgow has had real success in reducing knife crime by implementing an integrated approach, where the police have worked with education, health and other public services. I’m looking forward to learning more about it.”