The streets of London are being plagued by gangs and knives, but the rise in gun crime takes this epidemic of violent crime to a whole new level.

This rising of tide of violence accelerated nationally in 2014, when Theresa May was the Home Secretary, the actual Minister in charge of policing and tackling crime. This worrying trend has continued to prevail across the country but has become particularly apparent in London.

Under her Tory Government we have seen our public services cut to the bone. These crippling cuts, whether they be to policing budgets, youth services, school exclusion services or border forces, have allowed gangs to prosper in our communities.