Plans developed by the Home Office to tackle violence following the Southport attack were shelved because implementing them would require more money, an inquiry has heard.
The inquiry was told that the department had set out responses in the aftermath of the attack, but that the proposals could not proceed within the available funding. The evidence focused on the financial requirements attached to the planned measures.
No details of the additional amount sought, the specific measures involved or any revised timetable were included in the material supplied. The latest position described to the inquiry is that the plans remain shelved because of their cost.