How 30,000 children ended up in street gangs

Experts point finger at school exclusion policies and middle-class drug users

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More than 30,000 children aged between ten and 15 have been sucked into violent street gangs, according to new research ordered by Children’s Commissioner Anne Longfield.

In total, 73,000 people under the age of 25 are self-defined gang members, says the Vulnerability Study, to be released next month.

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