Speaking at a Labour party conference event to a panel including Tony Blair’s wife, Cherie, and shadow schools minister Michael Gove, he said: “What drives me nuts is that there is not a single mention in this document about victims”.
He told the audience at the event, organised by the Sun newspaper to discuss “broken Britain” that he will lock young people up if they commit serious crimes.
However, he said he wants to avoid “demonising all young people” for the behaviour of a few.
Cherie Blair urged that a penal response to crime is too simplistic and called on parents to help reduce youth crime. She said: “We need to tell our children that if they go out with a knife they are not protecting themselves.”
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