After safeguarding minister Jess Phillips said a new national probe into the scandal was still on the table, the prime minister’s official spokesman said the government would grant one if victims’ gro

Keir Starmer has slammed Kemi Badenoch for demanding a national inquiry into child grooming gangs despite never mentioning it while she was a minister. The Conservative Party is planning on voting down Labour’s Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill this afternoon in favour of an amendment calling for a fresh probe.

Victims want action today, the Prime Minister said, as the Tory leader repeated demands for a national inquiry into rape gangs

British Indian and Sikh leaders argue that such terminology unfairly stigmatizes entire Asian communities, including Indians, Sri Lankans, and others, for crimes predominantly linked to men of Pakistani heritage.

MPs debate children’s safety bill after Sir Keir Starmer urges Kemi Badenoch to ‘withdraw her wrecking amendment’

Keir Starmer blasted the Tories for using the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill to try to force a vote on a national inquiry into grooming gangs

Nigel Farage has launched a withering attack on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer over the Government’s refusal to hold a public inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal, branding a previous report published nine years ago a “whitewash”.

The prime minister says those who spread misinformation about child sexual exploitation are "not interested in victims".

Sir Keir Starmer has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk and right-wing populists of spreading lies about child abuse grooming gangs and warned “they have crossed a line”.

Sir Keir Starmer has launched a fight back against Elon Musk's attacks over his record on past grooming gang cases. Speaking in Surrey this morning the PM said child abuse was "utterly sickening" and that "for many, many years too many victims have been completely let down".