jan 20, 2025 - Starmer Statement on Southport Inquiry

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is due to make a statement from Number 10 on Tuesday morning about the public inquiry into the Southport attack where three young girls were stabbed to death.

Eighteen-year-old Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty on Monday to killing Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and nine-year-old Alice da Silva Aguiar at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last year.

Sir Keir described Rudakubana as "vile and sick" and said there were "grave questions to answer" about how the state "failed" to protect the girls.

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