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?

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

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed on Tuesday to "leave no stone unturned" to uncover failings in preventing the killings of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed event, saying an inquiry could lead to a change in terrorism laws.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the government must also answer “tough questions” about how authorities failed to stop a violence-obsessed teenager before he stabbed three young girls to death in the seaside town of Southport in July.

Keir Starmer to address nation after being accused of 'cover up' over child killer Axel Rudakubana - Reform leader Nigel Farage has accused Sir Keir Starmer and the police of being part of a ‘gigantic

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 described the Southport attack as a ‘devastating moment in our history’ and warned of a new type of terrorism threat from ‘loners’. Speaking at a Downing Street press conference this morning, he said: ‘The blunt truth here is that this case is a sign Britain now faces a new threat. Terrorism has changed in the past.

Britain faces a “new threat” of terrorism and extreme violence from “loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms” following the Southport murders, Sir Keir Starmer has warned.

Watch again as Sir Keir Starmer held aDowning Street press conference on Tuesday (20 January) as a public inquiry was announced into the Southport killings. The prime minister announced a public inquiry will be held into the murders of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport by 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana “that can get to the truth about what happened and what needs to change”.

Britain faces a new threat of terrorism from “extreme violence carried out by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms” following the Southport murders, the Prime Minister has said