UK Knife crime: Violent teens' families face eviction

Parents who fail to take responsibility for their unruly offspring will be thrown out of council accomodation or be forced to attend intensive classes under the Government's heavily-trailed youth crime strategy, set to be unveiled today by ministers.

The measures come after the Government were accused of taking a U-turn in their plans to crack down on knife crime.

Faced with widespread derision after having announced on Sunday that knife offenders should be forced to visit their victims in hospital, Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, denied having done so and insisted she had only proposed that criminals meet doctors to hear about the consequences of their actions.