Southport attack: public inquiry findings to be published – live updates

Inquiry heard evidence about state involvement with Axel Rudakubana, who killed three young girls at a dance workshop in summer 2024

Addressing whether the government would act on the recommendations of the Southport inquiry ahead of the findings being published on Monday, the prime minister told reporters: “I gave my word that we will get to the bottom of this and that’s why we’ve set up the inquiry.”

He added:

We will act on the recommendations, it’s really important that we do so. So obviously there will be the full report, there will be the recommendations, we can go through them in detail – but this, for me, is a matter of principle.

It’s absolutely right that we act on the findings of this, and we will act on those findings.

There does have to be accountability, there should always be accountability.

The first most important thing is to look at what those recommendations are, what needs to change, and to be a government that says ‘we’re going to carry this, we’re going to do what we said’ – we gave our word on this and when we give our word, we’ll follow through on that.

Our principal responsibility lies to them, to provide the best possible explanation as to why and how this terrible event occurred, and to be brave about suggesting the changes that ought to be made to prevent, if we can, a repetition.