Lucy Allan says PM Rishi Sunak has taken the decisive step to include ethnicity data to support police investigations.
across the country have been announced with an overhaul of the policing and institutional response to grooming gangs.
"In some cases, this has resulted in local authorities and police forces failing to engage properly with the issue and put victims first." Members of grooming gangs will now be subjected to the toughest sentencing possible, with new legislation being put forward that makes being a member an aggravating factor when considering their sentencing.
Ms Allan said:"Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has a strong record of action against CSE and has always taken the issue seriously.
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