A government worker who made offensive Wikipedia edits about Hillsborough using official computers has been sacked.

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude will tell MPs today that a junior administrator has been identified as being behind posts in 2012 and fired for gross misconduct.

The offensive edits were tracked down to a 24-year-old junior administrator. Credit: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

The department is likely to drop its investigation into other abusive edits made from the secure intranet due to a lack of leads.

The 24-year-old, thought to have been born in London but based in Liverpool, apparently changed the phrase "You'll never walk alone", the anthem of Liverpool FC, to read: "You'll never walk again."

According to the Telegraph, he was pinpointed by cross-referencing his social media and work history.