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The proportion of repeat offenders sentenced who had previous convictions for similar crimes has also jumped to its highest level on record.

Police-recorded offences involving a knife or sharp instrument rose to 44,076.

Kim Leadbetter, sister of the murdered Labour MP, spoke out after police in England and Wales recorded 103,379 hate crimes in the last year.

Police figures reveal a massive surge in the number of attacks reported to be motivated by sexual orientation and transgender identity.

Data collated by Leonard Cheshire also showed the number of online offences rose by 71% in 2018/19 compared to the previous year

The Public Accounts Committee said such activities cost the economy at least £37 billion a year.

The Mayor of London claimed that former prime ministers had refused to accept ‘cuts have consequences’.

Children’s charity the NSPCC said police recorded 4,373 offences of sexual communication with a child in the year to April 2019.

Caroline Best, 36, is unrecognisable from her police mugshot after celebrating a year being clean from drugs