Specialist training will be delivered at schools in areas considered knife-crime hotspots.

£1.2million in government funding will be invested across England and Wales as part of efforts to crack down on the issue.

Certain schools will receive more intensive and tailored support.

Sarah Jones, the Croydon West MP, is the crime and policing minister.

The Tories say the move, made while cutting total police numbers, shows ‘massive cheek’.