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Starmer: I knew about Rudakubana’s extremist history

21 January 2025

8:34 PM

21 January 2025

8:34 PM

After coming under criticism for not announcing a national inquiry over the grooming gangs scandal, Keir Starmer moved quickly on Monday to announce a public inquiry into the Southport murders. After Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to murdering three girls in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last year, the Prime Minister this morning held a press conference promising that ‘no stone’ will be ‘left unturned’ when it comes to asking the ‘difficult questions… unburdened by cultural or institutional sensitivities’:

We must make sure the names of those three young girls are not associated with the vile perpetrator but...

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