Feeling trapped Quote by Jermaine Jenas

Gang members have invariably grown up in broken, chaotic homes, often experiencing domestic violence; they have truanted from school and many have been formally…

— Iain Duncan Smith

You gotta bear in mind, the youth - and this is just in Britain alone - have nowhere to go in the evenings. They've…

— John Lydon

The fact is that in too many communities in cities in Britain gangs now have become completely rooted into these communities and they destroy…

— Iain Duncan Smith

I grew up in this little city called Brampton. It's pretty suburban - there's not a lot going on. In my neighbourhood, specifically, there…

— Alessia Cara

Part of the reason young people are getting involved with gangs, leading to the use of guns and knives, is not the lack of…

— Chuka Umunna

Whether it is kids carrying knives because they are in gangs or kids carrying knives because they are afraid of gangs, it is the…

— Chris Grayling

In Britain, there's kids who grew up in London and then kids who didn't. You become quite street wise. It's such a big city,…

— Ben Lloyd-Hughes

The problems of gang crime you find in some parts of the north are little different to the problems you find on the streets…

— Chris Grayling

I live 50 miles from London and we've got some of the highest levels of teenage and childhood poverty in the country. It's disgusting.…

— Roger Daltrey

“Let's get one thing straight:when gangs of youth throw stones at passing cars,shout abuse at innocent people going about their daily business or beat…

— Frank Chalk

I grew up in one of the most deprived parts of Britain. I know the problems which inner-city children face.

— David Blunkett

I was brought up in south London and I started out in the world of graffiti when I was about 14 because I wanted…

— Ben Eine