Everything you need to know as MPs vote on new grooming gangs inquiry - and why it will fail
The Tories are pushing for a new grooming inquiry in an amendment to Labour’s child safety Bill - but even if it passes, it’s unlikely a inquiry will be launched
Musk’s Phony War on Grooming Gangs
The scandal is real. But Elon Musk’s incendiary rhetoric about British politics are doing more harm than good.
Grooming gangs: ‘A full-scale inquiry must happen – to see how far the rot sets’
Jess Phillips’s decision to reject Oldham council’s call for a Government-led inquiry has sparked international outrage...
UK Tories Vie For Musk’s Attention With Grooming Inquiry Vote
The UK’s opposition Conservative Party will seek a vote in parliament on Wednesday calling for a national inquiry into so-called child grooming gangs, in an effort to pose a political problem for Keir Starmer’s Labour government while winning the attention of billionaire Elon Musk.
Keir Starmer torpedoes Elon Musk over ‘lies’ about grooming gangs
Sir Keir Starmer has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk and right-wing populists of spreading lies about child abuse grooming gangs and warned “they have crossed a line”.
'Action not inquiries': Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over grooming gangs in stormy PMQs
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.
Why Musk Waded Into UK Child Grooming Gangs Scandal
Britain’s government has been pushed onto the defensive by comments from Elon Musk accusing Prime Minister Keir Starmer of complicity in a decades-old scandal over child sexual exploitation gangs.Listen to the Bloomberg UK Politics podcast on Apple,
Starmer hits out at Tories over Badenoch's call for new grooming gang inquiry
Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Conservatives of prioritising winning support on Elon Musk's social media site above protecting children by pushing for a vote on a new nationwide child grooming investigation.
Tories call for review into grooming gangs amid Musk remarks
Tories call for review into grooming gangs amid Musk remarks
Conservative push for grooming inquiry vote ‘a shocking tactic’, Starmer says
Sir Keir Starmer has urged Conservative MPs not to back a push for a new child grooming inquiry as it prioritises “retweets over the safeguarding of children”.
PMQs live: Furious row erupts over grooming gangs vote as Labour slam ‘sickening’ Tory move after Musk claims
A furious row has erupted over the Conservatives’ bid to use Labour’s children’s safety bill to force a vote for a national ...
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 ...
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How the grooming gangs scandal was covered up
By 2010, a West Midlands Police report showed that authorities were aware that grooming gangs were approaching children at school gates. But as the report stated, “the predominant offender ...
PMQs live: Starmer clashes with Badenoch in fiery exchange over grooming gangs inquiry
Sir Keir Starmer has urged Kemi Badenoch to ‘withdraw her wrecking amendment’ to the government’s Bill aimed at protecting children ...
Tory push for grooming gangs vote that would halt child safety bill 'sickening', says Education Secretary
Bridget Phillipson said her Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will protect children from vanishing in the education ...
‘Grooming gangs are being cynically weaponised to divide us’
The renewed focus on grooming gangs such as the one in Rochdale has been alarmingly weaponised to conflate these crimes with ...
Tory Robert Jenrick left squirming in car crash interview on child grooming gangs
The former Tory leadership candidate - now Kemi Badenoch's shadow Justice Secretary - was skewered by the BBC's Nick Robinson ...
Time for 'less talk and more action' on grooming gangs, say victims minister and child abuse inquiry chair
Senior Conservative MPs have called for a national inquiry into the sexual abuse of young girls in towns across Britain ...