Schools in areas with a higher risk of youth violence should be given dedicated police officers, say MPs.
The Home Affairs Committee criticised the government's current violence reduction strategy as "completely inadequate".
It called on the new prime minister, Boris Johnson, to take "personal responsibility" for tackling knife and gun crime among young people.
But the Home Office said the MPs failed to fully recognise its action on crime.
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