Tougher checks on sale of knives online announced after Southport attack

The prime minister, Keir Starmer, said the sale of knives on the internet ‘without any checks or barriers’ could not continue. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/PA

Anyone buying a knife online will face tougher requirements to prove their age under measures announced by Keir Starmer after the Southport attack.

The prime minister said the “lessons of this case could not be clearer” as he vowed to stop people being able to order weapons off the internet “without any checks or barriers”.