The Week: Grooming Inquiries, Economic Hope and Brexit

Adam, Chris, Alex and Faisal discuss the political week.

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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 investigations
Financial 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
Minister rejects Burnham's call for grooming inquiry

The Conservatives and Reform UK are both demanding a fresh national investigation into the issue.
BBC News - Jan. 10
Andy Burnham backs ‘limited’ national inquiry into UK grooming scandal

Manchester mayor says fresh probe could bring new evidence to light
Financial Times - Jan. 9
MPs reject calls by Tories for national inquiry into UK grooming gangs

Government uses its Commons majority to dismiss Conservatives’ demand backed by Elon Musk
Financial 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
Starmer and Badenoch clash over grooming inquiry

The online debate played out IRL
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