By Chris Philp MP

The scenes at Huntingdon on Saturday evening were truly horrific. Ordinary people mercilessly attacked with knives. Armed police sprinting down the platform to board the train. The stuff of nightmares.

Our first thoughts must be with the victims of this barbaric attack and their families.

Police say they have seen no evidence this attack was terror related. But it does point to a wider issue: the epidemic of knife crime in our towns and cities.

For years people have felt powerless to........

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