Law enforcement, major retailers, online marketplaces, trade associations, Trading Standards, the Advertising Standards Authority and campaigners met at two summits on 8 October 2026, hosted by Policing and Crime Minister Sarah Jones, to identify practical steps on the sale and online marketing of knives.

At the first, the minister challenged online retailers and marketplaces on compliance and irresponsible marketing. At the second, shops were pressed to strengthen display and sales standards and support a renewed voluntary Responsible Retailers' Scheme. The Home Office said irresponsible online advertising had been highlighted by campaigners, and that the issue was a major theme in the report after the first phase of the public inquiry into the July 2024 Southport murders of three young girls.

Campaigners Leanne Lucas, a Southport survivor who founded Let's Be Blunt, and Alan Bacon of No Point Knives also spoke. Commander Stephen Clayman, head of the National Knife Crime Centre, said policing cannot tackle knife-enabled crime alone and cited unregulated grey-market supply and imports of prohibited weapons as significant concerns. The Home Office linked the summits to its stated mission to halve knife crime.