UK ministers open possibility of national inquiry into grooming gangs
Ministers have acknowledged the possibility of a new national inquiry into grooming gangs after days of resisting the idea despite pressure from figures including technology billionaire Elon Musk.
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Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over a national inquiry into grooming gangs
The row between Kemi Badenoch, Keir Starmer, Elon Musk, and others, centres around a series of high-profile cases where groups of men - mainly of Pakistani descent - were convicted of sexually abusing and raping predominantly young white girls around the UK.
Jess Phillips does not rule out new national inquiry into grooming gangs
Jess Phillips has said "nothing is off the table" when dealing with the grooming gangs scandal - including a new national inquiry if victims want one.
Jess Phillips turns on Keir Starmer by refusing to rule out inquiry on grooming gangs
The safeguarding minister appears to have shifted her position on an inquiry since ruling one out less than a week ago.
Will there be a new grooming gangs inquiry and what did the previous one find?
“There may well be, and we think there is a good case for further inquiries into specific places, Oldham being a good and latest example. “We would absolutely encourage and work with Oldham in establishing their own inquiries,” he said.
How the grooming gangs scandal was covered up
Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips’ decision to block a public inquiry into the Oldham grooming gangs seems, from the outside, to be almost inexplicable. Children were raped and abused by gangs of men while the authorities failed to protect them.
Starmer and Badenoch clash over call for grooming inquiry
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has told Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer he risks fuelling accusations of "a cover up" by refusing to hold a national inquiry into grooming gangs. She also accused the PM of not wanting questions asked "of Labour politicians who may be complicit".
PMQs: Starmer and Badenoch clash on Grooming Gangs scandal
PMQs: Starmer and Badenoch clash on Grooming Gangs scandal
Starmer and Badenoch clash over Tory demand for grooming gang inquiry
Sir Keir Starmer directly urged Kemi Badenoch to drop her call for a national inquiry on grooming gangs because it would mean derailing legislation aimed at bolstering the safety of children. At Prime Minister’s Questions Sir Keir said a further inquiry could delay action on tackling child sexual abuse,
PMQs LIVE: Keir Starmer demands Tories abandons calls for grooming gangs inquiry
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch will today ramp up demands for a public probe into the child grooming scandal to end the "culture of cover ups" in British institutions.
Video: Live: Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs as furious row erupts over grooming gangs
Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs as furious row erupts over grooming gangs A furious row has erupted over the Conservatives’ bid to use Labour’s children’s safety bill to force a vote for a national grooming gangs inquiry,
Musk ‘knows absolutely nothing’ about grooming gangs, Jess Phillips says
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Grooming gangs scandal timeline: What happened, what inquiries there were and how Starmer was involved - after Elon Musk's accusations
Sir Keir was head of the Crown Prosecution Service for five years when grooming gangs were being investigated.
Who are the key people in the grooming gangs row?
Labour MP Jess Phillips has said she feels more in danger after Elon Musk falsely branded her a 'rape genocide apologist'.
Defiant Jess Phillips says Elon Musk is 'rich man' who 'knows absolutely nothing' about grooming gangs
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Man charged with sending malicious communications to Labour MP Jess Phillips
The revelation comes just hours after Sir Keir Starmer came out fighting on behalf of Ms Phillips saying the ‘poison of the far right’ had led to serious threats to the safeguarding minister ...