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Five survivors of Rotherham grooming gangs say they were also raped by police officers

Three former South Yorkshire police officers arrested in investigation into claims by the women, as young as 12 at the time

The Guardian - UK

Orgreave miners prioritised over grooming gang victims, Tories claim

Shadow policing minister Matt Vickers told the Commons that the unions ‘should not determine the pecking order of justice’.

Evening Standard

Another public inquiry into institutional abuses – why they so often fail to deliver justice for victims

Public inquiries have become the standard political response to scandals and public crises, including allegations of institutional abuses.

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Police in England and Wales to collect ethnicity data in child sexual abuse cases

The announcement follows a series of recommendations by Baroness Casey made in her audit on 'grooming gangs', which found that Asian men were overrepresented in three local areas – but more data was needed to gain a national picture.

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How to make sure the new grooming gangs inquiry is the last

Louise Casey’s recent report on grooming gangs and child sexual exploitation in the UK lays bare institutional failings. It highlights that, at present, victims cannot rely upon the criminal justice system – and that it has badly let them down in the past.

The Conversation

Welsh Government pledges full co-operation with grooming gangs inquiry

Eluned Morgan said she welcomed the decision by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to hold a statutory inquiry into child abuse across England and Wales.

Evening Standard

Scottish Tories join Labour MP in call for Scottish grooming gangs inquiry

THE Scottish Conservatives have called for an inquiry into grooming gangs to be extended to Scotland.

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What is the new grooming gangs inquiry going to do after the Casey report?

A full statutory inquiry into UK grooming gangs will soon begin work

The Independent UK

Children and teenage girls were blamed for crimes against them, ‘damning’ grooming gangs report finds

A ‘deeply disturbing’ report found organisations avoided race for fear of appearing racist or inflaming community tensions, Yvette Cooper said

The Independent UK

Grooming gangs review to be unveiled as PM’s inquiry plan gets mixed reaction

The Home Secretary is set to address Parliament over the review as the Prime Minister has committed to a national inquiry.

Evening Standard

Baroness Casey’s findings on grooming gangs set to be announced

Earlier this year, the Government dismissed calls for a public inquiry.

The Independent UK

Grooming gangs: 'No hiding' for police, councils and social services who failed 100s of young girls, says No10

Sir Keir Starmer has announced a new inquiry into the scandal after a U-turn

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer bows to pressure to launch new grooming gangs investigation

New probe and statutory public inquiry will be a means to get ‘truth and justice’, home secretary says

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer makes U-turn mid-air over grooming gangs inquiry

PM forced to cave in to clamour for statutory inquiry despite earlier dismissing them as amplifying far right demands

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Rachel Reeves defends Starmer’s delay in launching grooming gangs inquiry

Chancellor says PM not ‘grandstanding’ and wanted to ‘assure himself’ that national public inquiry was necessary

Evening Standard

Starmer accused of U-turn after ordering inquiry into grooming gangs

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage described the move as a ‘welcome U-turn’ while Kemi Badenoch called on him to apologise for ‘six wasted months’.

Evening Standard

Nearly 300 historic child grooming gang cases to be looked at again – Cooper

Some 287 closed cases have been identified so far by police forces to be reviewed again by a national task force on child sexual exploitation.

Evening Standard

Justice Secretary warns of ‘moment of reckoning’ for grooming gangs scandal

Shabana Mahmood said there was a need for ‘truth and reconciliation’ for people whose trust in authorities had been shattered.

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MPs Shout 'Shame!' After Reform UK Member Alleges Labour Minister Covered Up Grooming Gang Abuses

On Monday, Reform UK MP Lee Anderson accused Jess Phillips of partaking in the cover-up of the grooming gang members responsible for the Rotherham child trafficking ring.

Evening Standard

Home Secretary insists local reviews into grooming gangs will go ahead

Yvette Cooper was speaking amid accusations the plans were being watered down.

Evening Standard

Government approach to grooming gang inquiries is shameful – Sir Trevor Phillips

He claimed the reason ministers are not pursuing the local reviews in five towns is ‘obviously political’.

Evening Standard

Lisa Nandy insists Government not watering down grooming gangs response

Ministers faced a backlash in the Commons for not providing an update on local reviews into grooming the Government had previously promised.

The Independent UK

Criminals using AI images to extort children, new NSPCC chief says in warning over looming crisis

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Sherwood speaks to Holly Bancroft in his first interview since becoming the children’s charity CEO about the challenges facing this generation’s children

Evening Standard

Minister: Abuse victims deserve change rather than lamenting and repenting

Home Office minister Jess Phillips made the remarks in response to calls for independent safeguarding in the Church of England.

Evening Standard

Church’s parliament urged to back independent safeguarding to ‘restore trust’

General Synod members are voting on Tuesday afternoon.

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