Don’t mess with a Baroness

<p>Nish and Coco ask how we can save the UK from knife crime. It turns out we have evidence of what works - so why aren’t we doing it? </p><p>We meet Jon Yates, who leads a charity that has been given £200 million by the Home Office to research what works and then put it into practice. He’s trialling a targeted, interventionist approach, called ‘focused deterrence’ which helped Glasgow dramatically reduce violent crime. Those lessons are now going to be applied in 5 cities in the UK. One of those is Nottingham, a city that’s home to Dr Marcellus Baz, a community champion who turned his life around after being stabbed - what does he think of Jon’s plans? </p><p>Nish and Coco also cut through the rows about notebooks and WhatsApp messages to talk about why the Covid Inquiry really matters - they have a message for  the government: “don’t mess with a Baroness”. Plus we salute the Secret Tory and ask is the Post Office racist?</p><p>Pod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media.<br /> </p><p>Contact us via email: <a href="mailto:PSUK@reducedlistening.co.uk">PSUK@reducedlistening.co.uk</a></p><p>WhatsApp: 07514 644572 (UK) or + 44 7514 644572</p><p>Twitter: @podsavetheuk</p><p>Guests:</p><p>Jon Yates, Chief Executive of the Youth Endowment Fund</p><p>Dr Marcellus Baz, founder and CEO of Switch Up, which supports young people away from crime in Nottinghamshire</p><p>Audio credits:</p><p>Sky News </p><p>@secrettory12 </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>