{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/9475d117-fcd4-4915-a6f3-923941e7aa0d/660594922144e50017bc075b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Mayoral election: London’s knife crime epidemic","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba05fc1a8cbed4343cf0e6/1711639903896-1744ee0613ce2b654a7c04baaa4088a3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Mayor Sadiq Khan’s critics say he’s failed to get a grip on London’s knife crime epidemic - so, what more can be done?</p><p>In this episode of Who Wants to be a London Mayor, Hamish MacBain is joined by Evening Standard crime correspondent Anthony France.</p><p>Their discussion includes the Labour mayor’s record on law and order, his Tory rival Susan Hall’s policies, police numbers, and the effectiveness of stop and search.</p><p>We also feature a special investigation and film commissioned by ES Magazine focussing on Londoners impacted by the capital’s knife crisis.</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}