Crime minister has purse stolen at police conference

Policing minister outlines 'Ronan's' knife law

The policing minister has unveiled a new bill hoping to crack down on the sale of knives, particularly online. Dame Diana Johnson announced raft of anti-knife crime plans, including making retailers report bulk or suspicious sales to police, and increasing the jail sentence for selling weapons to children or illegal blades such as zombie knives, to two years. The laws will collectively be known as 'Ronan's Law', named after 16-year-old Ronan Kanda who was murdered in Wolverhampton in 2022. Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

'Bumpy ride' due to 'disastrous' previous government

Policing Minister Dame Diana Johnson has admitted that the next few months could be a "bumpy ride" following new data from the Office for National Statistics estimate that the rate of UK inflation rose from 2.5% in December to 3% in. Report by Faragt. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

Minister express hopes for better deal on Brexit birthday

Policing minister Dame Diana Johnson said the government is still hoping for a "better deal" five years on from Brexit. "We don't think that the deal the previous government negotiated was a good one - we think there's more that we can do," she added. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn