“Absolute transparency” is needed about the circumstances surrounding the attack in Southport by Axel Rudakubana, according to Employment Minister Alison McGovern.
She told GB News: “In relation to Southport, I hope you’ll understand if I first say that, like everybody in our country, my heart just breaks for the poor families of the three little girls and everybody who was injured or hurt in that dreadful attack.
“And we’ve seen another attack this morning that also is utterly heartbreaking.
“When it comes to the question that you asked there, we need to have transparency over all of the elements that have happened here.
“I’m very, very concerned about some of the things that seem to have gone wrong in this case. That’s why it’s right that we have an inquiry to get the facts out in the open.
“That is the best way to get trust in the steps that we need to take forward to put right what is wrong, and to make sure, as a matter of course, there should be absolute transparency about what’s happened here.”
She added: “I know the police and Merseyside very well, and they are incredibly good and they will make their needs known following these terrible events to the government.
“As a general point, I’ve been a strong supporter of the Hillsborough Law, which following the terrible events and all that went wrong in covering up that terrible situation, we need to have a duty of candour to make sure that public servants who say what they know when terrible things happen, because that’s the public’s information and it should be out there.
“I would say that anybody who’s worried about trust in government can show that they want change by voting and supporting Hillsborough law.”
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