Keir Starmer orders public inquiry into Southport attack
PM says country ‘failed in its duty’ after teenager admits murdering three girls at children’s holiday club
Keir Starmer has ordered a public inquiry into the failings that allowed an “extremely violent” teenager to murder three young girls in one of the worst attacks on children in recent UK history.
The announcement came after Axel Rudakubana, 18, dramatically pleaded guilty to the Southport atrocity and followed revelations in the Guardian that he had previously been referred to Prevent, the government’s anti-radicalisation scheme.
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