Police given £51m extra funding to prevent knife crime over Easter holiday
(World News UK)

The government has been accused of `sitting on its hands` after promising emergency funding for police to tackle violence. The Home Office said £51m was being made available for increased patrols, weapon sweeps and officer overtime ahead of the Easter weekend. Last Easter saw a spate of brutal street murders in London, seeing 17-year-old Tanesha Melbourne-Blake murdered in a drive-by shooting and a 16-year-old boy shot in the face in just one night. We´ll tell you what´s true. You can form your own view. From 15p EUR0.18 $0.18 USD 0.27 a day, more exclusives, analysis and extras. Subscribe now But the extra funding was dismissed as `loose change` by critics, who said it was only half of...