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

First phase of inquiry identified multiple failings to prevent murders of three girls, which government will ‘urgently’ addressDowning 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. Continue reading...