Home Secretary David Blunkett is meeting police on Wednesday to discuss ways of tackling knife crime.

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In a separate statement also aimed at improving consumer confidence, the Commission said it was looking at ways of fighting computer crime following the damage caused by Thursday's Love Bug virus.

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The government focuses on policies to improve the education of second-generation Muslims, get more of them to work and find ways to reduce crime.

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It is at least possible, for instance, that the coming of the mobile phone helped drive drug dealing indoors, in ways that helped drive down crime.

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