Sarah McEntee, who runs a Royal British Legion community hub in the centre of the town which helped victims' families after stabbings, said the fact Rudakubana had been known to the authorities "brings another large dose of anger" among local people.

Nigel Farage accuses PM of a cover-up as release of new details raises 'very serious questions for the state about how it failed to intervene before tragedy struck'

The Prime Minister has said the failure of state institutions in the case of child-killer Axel Rudakubana “frankly leaps off the page”.

There are “grave questions” to answer about how the state failed the Southport murder victims, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The Prime Minister welcomed the news that Axel Rudakubana, 18, of Banks, Lancashire,