MI5 apology for not preventing Manchester Arena attack not ‘enough’ says Bury MP

MI5’s apology for not preventing the Manchester Arena bombing is not 'enough' a Greater Manchester MP has said.

Conservative James Daly, MP for Bury North asked Home Secretary Suella Braverman who is being held accountable after the third and final report into the Manchester Arena attack found there was 'a significant missed opportunity to take action' on the part of MI5 that might have prevented the atrocity.

The security service’s director general, Ken McCallum, issued an apology after the public inquiry into the May 2017 atrocity found it might have been prevented if MI5 had acted more swiftly on a piece of intelligence received in the months before.

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McCallum said he 'deeply regrets' that MI5 did not act on information about the bomber, adding that he was 'profoundly sorry' the agency had failed to stop the attack.

Speaking in the Commons after Ms Braverman delivered a statement on the report, the MP for Bury North said: “Today we have the third volume of the report, where it says there was a significant missed opportunity to take action on the part of MI5.

“We also have highlighted previously the shocking failures of the venue’s owners, the security contractors and emergency services. Some of these people could still be alive today and I would like to know about accountability.

“Too often in this place, an apology from an organisation seems to be enough when it’s not. People died as a result of the actions of not only this bomber, but the gross negligence of some of the bodies that I have been talking about.

“Who is being held accountable? Who is going to