MPs reject calls by Tories for national inquiry into UK grooming gangs

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  MPs vote against Tory call for new grooming gangs inquiry

  MPs rejected a Tory amendment calling for a grooming gang's inquiry by 253 votes.
  
  BBC News - 10h
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  Tory and Reform MPs accused of ‘weaponising trauma’ of grooming victims, as Farage calls for inquiry into Pakistani men – UK politics live

  Prime minister told Commons any new inquiry into child abuse would delay progress however spokesperson says he has not ruled one out. Reform UK has also tabled a reasoned amendment to the ...
  
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  The 2022 Jay Review made 20 recommendations to crack down on sexual abuse yet almost none have been carried out
  
  Financial Times - 1d
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  Palestinians trapped in a ‘doom loop of hell’, MPs told. At the end of last week Robert Jenrick , the shadow justice secretary and runner-up in last year’s Tory leadership contest, said the child ...
  
  The Guardian - 1d
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  New grooming gangs inquiry would delay action on child abuse, inquiry chair tells BBC

  Victims want change now, Prof Alexis Jay says, and people need to "step up to the mark" and implement her recommendations.
  
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  Keir Starmer attacks those ‘spreading lies’ over child sex grooming gangs after comments from Elon Musk – UK politics live

  Prime minister’s speech announcing NHS reforms derailed by questions over inflammatory claims from Elon Musk. Starmer is now summarising some of the measures in the elective reform plan.. Here is ...
  
  The Guardian - 2d
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  Badenoch calls for national inquiry into 'rape gangs'

  Alexis Jay, who led a major inquiry into historical child sex abuse, says changes are needed, not more research.
  
  BBC News - 6d

• Tories seek UK probe into rape gangs as Musk spat with Starmer escalates

  Tech billionaire claims PM failed to tackle grooming scandal when he was head of prosecution service
  
  Financial Times - 6d

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