Politics LIVE: Labour to make huge grooming gangs announcement after U-turn
Yvette Cooper is set to announce a national grooming gangs inquiry today after Sir Keir Starmer's U-turn. The Home Secretary is set to address Parliament with Baroness Louise Casey's findings on grooming gangs.
The review prompted the Prime Minister to implement a full probe after months of resistance. Earlier this year, the Government dismissed calls for a public inquiry, saying its focus was on putting in place the outstanding recommendations already made in a seven-year national inquiry by Professor Alexis Jay.
In January, the Prime Minister hit out at politicians "calling for inquiries because they want to jump on the bandwagon of the far right".
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch warned “we have already lost months”, while Reform UK's Nigel Farage insisted Sir Keir must apologise for his “insults” towards campaigners and politicians demanding an inquiry into the rape and sexual abuse of young girls and women in up to 50 towns.
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