The Conservative party is calling for a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation following accusations from Elon Musk against Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Musk alleges Starmer, who headed the Crown Prosecution Service from 2008 to 2013, failed to bring justice to victims of rape gangs.
The Conservatives have called for a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation , after Elon Musk accused Sir Keir Starmer of failing to bring rape gangs to justice when he was head of the prosecution service more than a decade ago. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said on Thursday that a full-blown probe was “long overdue” into the grooming scandals in the north of England that began to be uncovered in 2013.
“Trials have taken place all over the country in recent years but no one in authority has joined the dots,” Badenoch said on X, adding that 2025 must be the year that “victims start to get justice”. Tory frontbenchers Chris Philp and Alicia Kearns later wrote to home secretary Yvette Cooper demanding a national inquiry. But they did not comment on why the Conservatives had not set up such a probe while in government. A Labour spokesperson said the party had already supported a national overarching inquiry into child abuse that reported in 2022, and local independent inquiries in specific towns. “This government is working urgently to strengthen the law so that these crimes are properly reported and investigated,” the spokesperson added. The spat erupted after Musk launched inflammatory claims against Starmer over his role in prosecuting perpetrators in the scandal. The technology billionaire has increasingly criticised the British government in recent months, comparing it to Joseph Stalin’s Russia. He has endorsed Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party and last month backed Germany’s far-right AfD. On Thursday, Musk wrote on X, the social media site he owns: “In the UK, serious crimes such as rape require the Crown Prosecution Service’s approval for the police to charge suspects. Who was the head of the CPS when rape gangs were allowed to exploit young girls without facing justice? Keir Starmer, 2008-201
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