No 10 accepts all recommendations in Southport attack inquiry, Mahmood says

A woman and child look at floral tributes for the victims of the deadly knife attack in Southport, north-west England, in July 2024. Photograph: Peter Powell/AFP/Getty Images

Downing Street has accepted all recommendations for changes made by an inquiry that found the Southport killings could have been prevented and identified “fundamental failings”, the home secretary has said.

As families of survivors demanded to see “hard evidence” of action, Shabana Mahmood said the government would do “whatever is needed to protect the public” as she accepted in full the recommendations from the first phase of the Southport inquiry.