Sadiq Khan opposes Labour council leader's threat to evict tenants who fail to report on knife crime
Sadiq Khan has told LBC he is "not in favour" of a Labour council leader's threat to evict families if they do not report knife crime.London's mayor said "we don't want innocent people to be made homeless" after Barking and Dagenham leader Darren Rodwell said the authority would "look at reviewing your housing agreement".
He believed Cllr Rodwell was "articulating his frustration" over people staying silent, but said "I am not in favour of evicting people because somebody in their family may be carrying an offensive weapon – I'm in favour of people doing the right thing".Picture: Alamy"If your child is involved in an incident and knows who the perpetrators are, and refuses to speak out, we will look at reviewing your housing agreement," he said.
Mr Rodwell, who has also been picked to stand for Parliament at the next general election for the safe Labour seat of Barking, added: "If families know their relatives are linked to crime, they must speak up or we will start to look at tenancy agreements." He urged parents to call the police if they know or suspect their child is involved in knife crime, saying they won't be "dobbing them in" or a "snitch".Barking and Dagenham will write to parents asking them to act to stop attacks and antisocial behaviour between 3pm and 7pm, dubbed "lost hours" – the gap between children leaving school and their parents getting home from work.
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