Labour has been criticized for launching small-scale investigations into grooming gangs instead of a full national inquiry. Yvette Cooper announced five local reviews into areas severely affected by this issue, while also promising a rapid audit of child sexual exploitation across the country. However, critics argue that these measures lack the power to bring justice for the thousands of victims and demand a national public inquiry.
LISTEN: On The Case - The Grooming Scandal, from the team behind the No.1 True Crime series The Trial. Available wherever you get your podcasts Labour faced fury last night for launching ‘toothless’ small-scale probes into grooming gangs instead of a full national inquiry.
And she continued to defy calls for a national public inquiry into the scandal, despite admitting there were currently 127 ‘major police investigations’ under way into child sexual exploitation across 29 different forces. She said the Home Office and the chairman of a previous inquiry into grooming in Telford, Tom Crowther KC, would develop a ‘framework for victim-centred, locally led inquiries’.
It will work with Oldham Council – where the Government had previously refused requests to hold an inquiry – and ‘up to four other pilot areas’. Read MoreEXCLUSIVE Interactive map reveals shocking extent of Asian grooming gangs across FORTY ONE UK towns Under the new measures, veteran Whitehall troubleshooter Baroness Casey will carry out a three-month review into the ‘current scale and nature of gang-based exploitation across the country’.
Tech tycoon Elon Musk, pictured, one of the Government’s most vocal critics in recent weeks, wrote on his social media network X: ‘This is a step in the right direction, but the results will speak for themselves.’ He also demanded an apology from Sir Keir, who last week insisted there was no need for a new inquiry and accused those calling for one of ‘amplifying what the far-Right is saying’.
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