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| Fathers 'must fight gang culture' | Fathers 'must fight gang culture' |
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| Tory leader David Cameron has called for more powers to "compel" fathers to look after their children in an effort to tackle gang culture. | Tory leader David Cameron has called for more powers to "compel" fathers to look after their children in an effort to tackle gang culture. |
| He told the BBC he backed tax breaks to help families stay together and promoting a "culture of responsibility and respecting authority". | He told the BBC he backed tax breaks to help families stay together and promoting a "culture of responsibility and respecting authority". |
| Mr Cameron's comments follow the shootings of three London teenagers in less than a fortnight. | Mr Cameron's comments follow the shootings of three London teenagers in less than a fortnight. |
| The Tory leader called for a "complete change in our values". | The Tory leader called for a "complete change in our values". |
| 'More than laws' | 'More than laws' |
| He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I believe in marriage. I believe in people making a commitment to each other and staying together and trying to bring up their children properly." | He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I believe in marriage. I believe in people making a commitment to each other and staying together and trying to bring up their children properly." |
| Children were often attracted to gangs if they lacked a father figure, he said. | Children were often attracted to gangs if they lacked a father figure, he said. |
| Mr Cameron said: "It's not just about passing a law or getting a bit more money. | Mr Cameron said: "It's not just about passing a law or getting a bit more money. |
| Don't allow yourself to be conned into believing that carrying weapons, using weapons will be the best way forward Dr Larry Jones,Black and Minority Ethnic Education Conference UK faces 'authority collapse' UK accused of failing children class="" href="/1/hi/uk_politics/4977774.stm">Mood in Peckham | |
| "We have got to sit up and realise we are running things by the wrong values. We need to support families." | "We have got to sit up and realise we are running things by the wrong values. We need to support families." |
| The Child Support Agency was "meant" to collect money from fathers to pay for raising their children, but men in other European countries faced "tougher rules and had to stand by" their families. | The Child Support Agency was "meant" to collect money from fathers to pay for raising their children, but men in other European countries faced "tougher rules and had to stand by" their families. |
| Mr Cameron said: "Part of it is social pressure." | Mr Cameron said: "Part of it is social pressure." |
| A Unicef report published this week put UK children at the bottom of a well-being league table of 21 industrialised countries. | A Unicef report published this week put UK children at the bottom of a well-being league table of 21 industrialised countries. |
| Mr Cameron will later tell a youth organisation in Oxfordshire that this means society is in "deep trouble". | Mr Cameron will later tell a youth organisation in Oxfordshire that this means society is in "deep trouble". |
| Shadow trade and industry secretary Alan Duncan will reinforce that theme in a speech in London, where he will claim Britain is becoming "de-civilised", with parents and teachers unable to exert authority over young people. | Shadow trade and industry secretary Alan Duncan will reinforce that theme in a speech in London, where he will claim Britain is becoming "de-civilised", with parents and teachers unable to exert authority over young people. |
| After this month's third fatal shooting in south London, armed police officers are to patrol the streets as part of a new task force announced by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair. | After this month's third fatal shooting in south London, armed police officers are to patrol the streets as part of a new task force announced by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair. |
| Billy Cox, 15, was found dead by his 12-year-old sister at their home near Clapham North underground station on Wednesday. | Billy Cox, 15, was found dead by his 12-year-old sister at their home near Clapham North underground station on Wednesday. |
| Michael Dosunmu, aged 15, was shot dead in the bedroom of his Peckham home on 6 February. A man has been arrested in connection with the killing. | Michael Dosunmu, aged 15, was shot dead in the bedroom of his Peckham home on 6 February. A man has been arrested in connection with the killing. |
| Three days earlier, 16-year-old James Andre Smartt-Ford died after he was shot at Streatham Ice Arena. | Three days earlier, 16-year-old James Andre Smartt-Ford died after he was shot at Streatham Ice Arena. |
| The new task force will run alongside Operation Trident, which investigates gun crime in the black community. | The new task force will run alongside Operation Trident, which investigates gun crime in the black community. |
| Billy Cox was shot as he lay in bed at his home | Billy Cox was shot as he lay in bed at his home |
| But Mr Cameron will say issues like teenage gun crime cannot be dealt with by better policing or tighter gun controls alone when the problem - and the solution - lies within families and communities. | But Mr Cameron will say issues like teenage gun crime cannot be dealt with by better policing or tighter gun controls alone when the problem - and the solution - lies within families and communities. |
| "We urgently need to encourage a culture of intervention. In a healthy society, children are the responsibility not just of their parents, but of the whole community," he will say. | "We urgently need to encourage a culture of intervention. In a healthy society, children are the responsibility not just of their parents, but of the whole community," he will say. |
| "I'm not talking about taking on a gang of dangerous thugs. I'm talking about treating children and teenagers with respect - with the expectation that, if they are spoken to as reasonable people, they will respond as reasonable people." | "I'm not talking about taking on a gang of dangerous thugs. I'm talking about treating children and teenagers with respect - with the expectation that, if they are spoken to as reasonable people, they will respond as reasonable people." |
| Meanwhile, the Black and Minority Ethnic Education Conference will discuss gun crime when it meets in east London on Friday. | Meanwhile, the Black and Minority Ethnic Education Conference will discuss gun crime when it meets in east London on Friday. |
| Conference organiser Dr Larry Jones said young people needed to be taught how to better communicate their emotions, to help stop them using guns. | Conference organiser Dr Larry Jones said young people needed to be taught how to better communicate their emotions, to help stop them using guns. |
| "What is the most likely cause of uncontrollable emotional outburst? Insecurity. Wrong company. Choice of music and entertainment. Depression. Drug addict," he said. | "What is the most likely cause of uncontrollable emotional outburst? Insecurity. Wrong company. Choice of music and entertainment. Depression. Drug addict," he said. |
| "These are the things that lead to this kind of problem. | "These are the things that lead to this kind of problem. |
| "Our main message to them will be - you can be who you want to be, understand yourself. Don't allow yourself to be conned into believing that carrying weapons, using weapons will be the best way forward." | "Our main message to them will be - you can be who you want to be, understand yourself. Don't allow yourself to be conned into believing that carrying weapons, using weapons will be the best way forward." |