Ronan's Law - legislating for change
The Chris Allen Podcast
Sunday, 21 December 2025 - 32 minutes
Guests in this podcast are Pooja Kanda OBE, Nikita Kanda, Dr. Mahuya Kanjilal and Matt Elcock.
Ronan Kanda was murdered in a sword attack in June 2022, when he was just 16. Pooja and Nikita have campaigned successfully to bring about Ronan’s Law – to legislate against the sale of weapons such as killed Ronan.
Dr. Mahuya Kanjilal of Wolverhampton University is leading some peer research alongside young people from the Way Youth Zone.
Matt Elcock Community & Cohesion Officer of the Wolves Foundation, supporting mentoring programmes.
Government is seeking views on our proposals to introduce a licensing system for sellers and importers of knives and bladed articles. Please take part by following this link
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/licensing-for-knife-sales. This consultation closes at 11:59pm on 24 February 2026
For more information on Ronan’s Law please go to
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ronans-law-to-see-toughest-crackdown-yet-on-knife-sales-online
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