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 the worst attack 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.