Dame Louise Casey has called for a newly-announced inquiry into grooming gangs to be used as a “moment to have a national reset” on the issue. The crossbench peer’s report into the nature and scale of group-based child sexual abuse in England and Wales paved the way for a new national inquiry announced at the...
“Collective failure” to address questions about grooming gang’s ethnicity says report. Read full article at source...
The ethnicity of people involved in grooming gangs has been “shied away from” by authorities, according to a new report by Baroness Louise Casey. The finding comes after the peer was tasked with producing an audit on the nature and scale of group-based child sexual abuse in England and Wales. The report said ethnicity data...
Becky Morton Political reporter PA Media Baroness Casey was asked to carry out the review in January Lack of reliable data The report highlights flaws in data collection, which it says means it is not possible to assess the scale of the issue. It cites figures from the Complex and Organised Child Abuse Dataset which...
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer features on the front of a number of Monday’s papers, for different reasons. The Daily Mail says Sir Keir is in a “full retreat” after announcing a national inquiry into grooming gangs, something he previously refused to do. The Daily Express joins coverage of the prime minister’s change of direction,...
Getty Images The National Crime Agency (NCA) will carry out a nationwide operation to target and jail predators who have sexually exploited children as part of a grooming gang, according to the Home Office. It said the NCA would work with police forces to give victims whose cases were not progressed through the criminal justice...
Rachel Reeves has insisted ministers “never dismissed the concerns of victims” of grooming gangs, as she defended the decision to launch a national inquiry after months of pressure. The chancellor said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was focused on victims “and not grandstanding”. Sir Keir has faced criticism for resisting calls for such an inquiry,...
Keir Starmer has accepted recommendations from Baroness Louise Casey. Read full article at source...
The prime minister has announced there will be a full national statutory inquiry into grooming gangs. Sir Keir Starmer said he had accepted the recommendations of an audit by Baroness Louise Casey into the data and evidence on the nature and scale of group-based child sexual abuse. Baroness Casey has recommended a national inquiry is...
Home Office Minister Jess Phillips has apologised to MPs for a delay to the publication of a report on grooming gangs. In January, the government asked Baroness Louise Casey to lead a “rapid” three-month audit into the data and evidence on the nature and scale of group-based child sexual abuse. Speaking in the House of...
Leader of the House of Commons Lucy Powell has sought to clarify comment in which she appeared to describe grooming gangs as a “dog whistle” issue, after facing a backlash from political opponents. During a heated debate on BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions on Friday, commentator and Reform UK member Tim Montgomerie asked Powell if...
Sam Francis Political reporter Watch: Leaders clash over grooming scandal Kemi Badenoch has accused the government of breaking its promise to set up five local inquiries into grooming gangs despite pledging to do so. The Conservative leader said Sir Keir Starmer had promised £5m to fund five locally-led investigations into grooming gangs but delivered just...