But if that is indeed the case, and the Government was so concerned with not prejudicing ongoing cases, why did they take the opposite approach with the hundreds of people who were arrested in the wake of the Southport riots?

Evil Axel Rudakubana murdered Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and Bebe King, six, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class on July 29 last year

The prime minister has addressed the nation after the government announced an inquiry into state failings to prevent the Southport attack.

It's absolutely baffling that Sir Keir Starmer, always keen to burnish his credentials, appeared bewildered at how this atrocity was allowed to happen

The Prime Minister spoke live to the nation from Number 10 Downing Street on Tuesday in response to the Southport attack

Sir Keir Starmer has admitted the British state failed the three girls who were killed by Axel Rudakubana at a dance class in Southport.

Sir Keir Starmer appealed for sympathy in a Downing Street press conference about the Southport killings. Yes, the focus was on the murdered children. Six-year-old Bebe, seven-year-old Elsie and Alice, nine, who died following a mass stabbing in the Merseyside seaside town last July.

Keir Starmer has said the Southport killings by teenager Axel Rudakubana 'must be a line in the sand for Britain' and there must be “fundamental change” in how the country protects its children. It comes as the government said they will undertake an inquiry into the 'barbaric' murders of three young girls at a Taylor Swift dance class last year.

GB News Home Affairs correspondent, Mark White gave his analysis as the Home Secretary called for a public inquiry into the case of Axel Rudakubana. Axel Rudakubana today pleaded guilty to murdering three young girls in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport.