Britain faces a new threat of terrorism from “extreme violence carried out by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms”, the Prime Minister has said. The Prime Minister spoke in the wake of the Southport murders by Axel Rudakubana, 18, who pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July.

The Labour Government is under increasing pressure to launch a national inquiry into the sexual abuse of women and children in the UK.

The Prime Minister spoke live to the nation from Number 10 Downing Street on Tuesday in response to the Southport attack

The Prime Minister said "nothing will be off the table" in the inquiry into how the state failed to identify the risk posed by the Southport killer.Addressing the nation, Sir Keir Starmer said the murders of three little girls by Axel Rudakubana must be “a line in the sand”.

Keir Starmer said there are questions to answer on how the young victims of the Southport stabbings were 'failed' by the state as he welcomed the conviction of the 'vile and sick killer' Axel Rudakuba

The prime minister is set to speak at 8.30am, following an announcement a public inquiry is to be held into the murders of three girls at a Taylor Swift -themed dance class in Southport by 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana “that can get to the truth about what happened and what needs to change”.

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Rudakubana was referred to the anti-extremism scheme Prevent three times before the murders, amid concerns over his fixation with violence

Sir Keir Starmer said “nothing will be off the table” in the inquiry. He added that the murders prove that “terrorism has changed” in the UK, with “acts of extreme violence carried out by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms”.

The government has been facing pressure to launch a new national inquiry into grooming gangs but ministers have said one was already carried out.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the failure of state institutions in the case of child-killer Axel Rudakubana “frankly leaps off the page”. The 18-year-old pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport, Merseyside, in July.