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Across the 2000s, a series of child sex exploitation cases affected British towns, including Telford, Rochdale, Oxford and Rotherham, scarring the lives of hundreds of children. In 2011, Times journalist Andrew Norfolk reported that networks – so-called “grooming gangs” – of largely British Asian men of Pakistani heritage had trafficked…

A debate in the Senedd was heated, with the leader of the Welsh Conservatives told to ‘tone it down’ by the Llywydd.

Tory leader says new inquiry should look at background of perpetrators as well as why some in authority did not act

A decade-old scandal involving the grooming, trafficking and abuse of girls and children in England has gained renewed attention following criticism from tech billionaire Elon Musk.

Sarah Champion has proposed a national ‘Telford-style’ inquiry rolled out by the Home Office to areas that trigger the threshold for greater scrutiny.

Appeal from longtime campaigner on sexual abuse of women and girls increases the pressure on Keir Starmer

Campaigners claim no progress made with government on implementing recommendations until Elon Musk row

Dan Carden says government must heed calls for justice and show ‘whose side it on’

Nearly half of those polled by Opinium say Elon Musk’s claims on grooming gangs are ‘unhelpful’

Liverpool MP Dan Carden is the first Labour MP to break ranks and call for an inquiry.

Oxford, Newcastle, Manchester, and Calderdale councils are expected to back a report claiming the phrase perpetuates harmful stereotypes