a new report by anne longfield estimates there are 27,000 criminal gang members under 18 in england.er than the 6500 known to children's services and youth offending teams. ms longfield says local authorities are not facing up to the scale of the problem and are repeating past mistakes. victoria will be speaking to former gang members, youth workers and police in a few moments. jeremy corbyn has said his party will back another referendum on britain's membership of the eu. the labour leader said he will also continue to push for other available options including a general election. the pledge was made after a series of votes in the commons, where labour's alternative proposals for brexit were rejected by mps. the number of people coming to the uk from outside the eu is at its highest level for 15 years. that's according to new figures just released. 0verall net migration — the number of people arriving to live in britain minus those moving away — in the 12 months to the end of september 2018 was 283,000. the government's target is less than 100,000. migration from eu countries has fa

england who identify as being part of a gang, according to a report by the children's commissioner, anne longfieldtecting vulnerable children," but ms longfield is warning that mistakes that led to a number of child sexual grooming scandals are being repeated with gangs. well, we've seen in the headlines and in report after report, showing that the number of children involved in gangs and the concern about a serious violence and violence against children. and what we found in this report is that there's around 27,000 achildren, actually, that identify themselves as in gangs and another 3a,000, who are around gangs. they know gang members or they're in areas where there is substantial violence. and what i can see is that, at the moment, we don't have that have the kind of procedures in place that are protecting for them. i think they're very vulnerable children, i think there's hundreds of thousands of them, potentially, that are at risk around the country. and we don't have the policies in place that are really able to give them the protection they need. you've been asking local safeguarding board

the children's commissioner for england, anne longfield, is warning that mistakes that led to a numberg scandals are being repeated with gangs. a new report estimates there are 27,000 members of criminal gangs in england who are aged between ten and seventeen. this morning the victoria derbyshire programme brought together people with direct experience of criminal gangs inluding one former child gang member who explained his journey into criminality. after i was expelled the second time i was with a group of boys and we robbed a little year seven kit, we robbed a little year seven kit, we robbed him and i was caught up so much in the peer pressure that i borrowed a bb gun for i guess safety oi’ borrowed a bb gun for i guess safety or the imagery that i had built up, andi or the imagery that i had built up, and i was arrested with it outside my house. my mum and dad were saying, we love you to the best of oui’ saying, we love you to the best of our ability and we are upset, we can do anything with you, take you to ca re do anything with you, take you to care kind of thing. in that envir

the children's commissioner for england, anne longfield, is warning that mistakes that led to a number explained his journey into criminality. after i was expelled the second time, i was with a group of boys and we robbed a little year seven kid. we robbed him and i was caught up so much in the peer pressure that i borrowed a bb gun for i guess safety, or the imagery that i had built up. i was arrested with it outside my house. my mum and dad were saying, we love you to the best of our ability and we are upset. we can do anything with you, take you to care kind of thing. in that environment, when i was really vulnerable and quite lonely, really dark times, someone give me an opportunity and said, you want to make some money? i ended up going up to county lines at 16 and being away from my family and feeling that this was freedom. but it wasn't, there was a lot of fear. and for those who want to learn more, what do you mean when you see i ended up going over county lines, what does that mean? county lines is essentially, the drug dealers will send younger kids to go and sell whatever th

anne longfield says local authorities are not facing up to the scale of the problem, and that mistakesld sexual grooming scandals are being repeated. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani has more. an increasingly familiar scene in some parts of our cities, more pressure on the police to catch the killers using knives, more questions for the government. the teenagers had died in a fortnight in birmingham, the west midlands police and crime commissioners says knife crime is now a national emergency. and the children's commissioner for england, the watchdog for their rights, today says local authorities have no real grasp on the scale of the problem. her report estimates that there are 27,000 and 18 is on criminal gangs, but only a quarter are known to the authorities. she warns councils and police could repeat mistakes seen in how they failed to tackle street grooming by sex abuse gangs. we saw then that children were not recognised in terms of their need often overlooked. people were not recognised in the scale of the issue, they were not seeing the risk when children were be

anne longfield says local authorities are not facing up to the scale of the problem, and that mistakese being repeated. our home affairs correspondent, dominic casciani reports. an increasingly familiar scene in some parts of our cities. more pressure on the police to catch the killers using knives. more questions for the government. three teenagers have died in a fortnight in birmingham. the west midlands police and crime commissioner says knife crime is now a national emergency. and the children's commissioner for england, the watchdog for their rights, today says local authorities have no real grasp on the scale of the problem. her report estimates that there are 27,000 under 18s in criminal gangs, but only a quarter are known to the authorities. she warns councils and police could repeat mistakes seen in how they failed to tackle street grooming by sex abuse gangs. we saw then that children weren't recognised in terms of their need and were often overlooked. people weren't recognising the scale of the issue. they weren't seeing the risk when children were being exploited. and when