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Rachael Burford

Starmer vows answers over Southport killer after Nigel Farage accuses Government of 'cover up'

Merseyside Police released the custody photograph of Axel Rudakubana taken after his arrest - (MERSEYSIDE POLICE/AFP via Getty)

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to “leave no stone unturned” in answering how the state “failed” to protect the three young girls murdered by Axel Rudakubana.

The Prime Minister said Britain “will rightly demand answers” after it was revealed that the Southport killer had previously been referred to the government's counter-terrorism Prevent programme.

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