Police blame CPS for gagging them on Southport knifeman's terror links

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The Tories and Reform said there were still 'serious questions' about the transparency of government information in the wake of the killings.
39% : Yesterday the Crime Reporters Association complained to the Director of Public Prosecutions about the Crown Prosecution Service seeking to 'gag' Merseyside Police and instructing officers to 'stay silent' about the case as riots broke out last summer.
39% : It has emerged he was referred three times to anti-extremism programme Prevent amid concerns over his fixation with violence.

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