Chris Mason: Grooming gangs review a clear nod to demands for new national inquiry
The BBC's political editor examines the government's announcement on grooming gangs.
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Cooper announces urgent grooming gangs review
Plans include local investigations and a national audit of the ethnicity of victims and perpetrators.BBC News - 21h -
Has the government changed its mind on grooming gang inquiries?
Five local inquiries & a national 'rapid audit'BBC News - 1d -
UK to launch local grooming gang inquiries
Ministers will provide £5mn in funding for up to five investigationsFinancial Times - 1d -
Rotherham MP Champion backs national grooming inquiry
The Labour MP says "nothing less than a full inquiry... will restore faith in our safeguarding systems".BBC News - 4d -
MPs reject calls by Tories for national inquiry into UK grooming gangs
Government uses its Commons majority to dismiss Conservatives’ demand backed by Elon MuskFinancial Times - Jan. 8 -
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 - Jan. 8 -
Chris Mason: Is Starmer leaving the door open to an abuse inquiry?
There's anger about Elon Musk's interventions - but they have turbocharged a public conversation about child sexual abuse in the UK.BBC News - Jan. 8 -
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.BBC News - Jan. 7 -
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 - Jan. 2
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