But the knife attack has not been treated as terrorism by police or prosecutors, and the judge stressed that he "must accept" that there was no evidence of terrorist cause.He added, however, that Rudakubana's culpability is "equivalent to terrorist matters,

After a teenager admitted murdering three girls at a dance class, Keir Starmer said people were being radicalized into violence for its own sake and terrorism laws might need to change.

"Terrorism has changed" as Britain faces a "new and dangerous threat" from extreme violence, Sir Keir Starmer has said in a statement on the Southport murders. Speaking in Downing Street after the government announced a public inquiry into the case, the prime minister said failings by the state "leap off the page".

Sir Keir Starmer said the UK faces a new threat from loners radicalised by viewing extreme violent content online.