Labour rising star threatens to evict families if children do not inform on knife crime

Rodwell has been selected to stand for parliament at the next election. Photograph: Mark Kerrison/Alamy

A rising figure in the Labour party is threatening to evict families if their children do not inform on people who commit knife crime.

Darren Rodwell, the leader of Barking and Dagenham council, made the threat as the east London authority urged parents to keep closer tabs on their children ahead of the summer holidays amid fears of rising knife violence.