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.

Kier Starmer’s belated acknowledgment of these failures — describing them as “leaping off the page” — is cold comfort to the grieving families of Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King, and Elsie Dot Stancombe. These young lives were not just lost to Rudakubana’s depravity but also to a state that failed to stop him despite multiple warnings.

The Home Secretary has ordered a “thorough review” of the Southport killer’s referrals to the Prevent anti-terror programme “to identify what changes are needed to make sure serious cases are not missed”.

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. Axel Rudakubana, 18, pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, Merseyside, in July.

Six months after a teenage attacker stabbed three girls to death at a children’s dance class in England, new details about his background have sparked questions about how authorities repeatedly failed to spot the threat he posed.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the killing of three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class must lead to “fundamental change” in how the British state protects citizens.

Sir Keir Starmer said the UK faces a new threat from loners radicalised by viewing extreme violent content online.

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he could not reveal details about the Southport attack after it happened as he addressed details of what he knew when about the murders. In an address to the nation on Tuesday,

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

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says the Southport killer, Axel Radukabana, admitted carrying a knife 10 times before his deadly attacks.

Britain's Home Secretary announced there would be a number of new local inquiries into decade-old allegations of child grooming, weeks after Elon Musk accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of failings.