DAVID Cameron has been challenged again in the House of Commons to back the Enfield Independent's Don't Carry, Don't Kill campaign.

Labour MPs Russell Brown and John Spellar both asked the Prime Minister to back an amendment to legislation currently going through Parliament so that under 18s that use a knife in a threatening or endangering fashion will face a prison sentence.

Current Government proposals would limit the punishment to those over the age of 18, but we have joined forces with Enfield North MP Nick de Bois to push for the laws to tackle the scourge of knife crime among young people.

Mr Cameron said: “I'm full of admiration for the campaign – what we are doing under this Government is something the last one didn't do – which is to have a mandatory sentence for knife crime.”

Last week Mr de Bois asked Mr Cameron to join 40 other backbench MPs who supporting the campaign.

The latest calls for action come after Brooke Kinsella, the brother of murdered Ben, said that the Government should amend the legislation.

This year in Enfield, two teenage boys and a young man have been stabbed to death on our streets, and we believe urgent action is needed to reverse the knife crime culture on our streets.

A petition signed by hundreds of Enfield residents will be handed to Parliament in the next few weeks, as the push for an amendment to the proposed legislation moves forward.

The petition can be signed by clicking here.