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Stephen Flynn praises Keir Starmer for grooming gang attacks response

STEPHEN Flynn has commended Keir Starmer for his handling of Tory attacks on Labour over child grooming gangs.

The National (Scotland)

Badenoch refuses to restore whip to Warsi despite clearing her of wrongdoing over Sunak ‘coconut’ tweet

Exclusive: Tory leader refuses to reinstate UK’s first Muslim cabinet member less than 24 hours after backing Robert Jenrick for railing against ‘alien cultures with medieval attitudes’

The Independent UK

Starmer and Badenoch clash over Tory demand for grooming gang inquiry

Sir Keir Starmer told Kemi Badenoch to drop calls for a fresh inquiry as the leaders faced each other in the Commons.

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Watch live: Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs as furious row erupts over grooming gangs after Musk claims

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (8 January) as a furious row erupts between the two political parties over grooming gangs.

The Independent UK

How to watch Tory attempt to force UK-wide grooming gang inquiry in Westminster today

THE Conservative Party will attempt to push for a national inquiry into grooming gangs in Westminster today ...

The National (Scotland)

Tory and Reform MPs accused of ‘weaponising trauma’ of grooming victims, as Farage calls for inquiry to focus on Pakistani men – as it happened

Prime minister told Commons any new inquiry into child abuse would delay progress however spokesperson says he has not ruled one out

The Guardian - UK

Starmer hits out at Tories over Badenoch’s call for new grooming gang inquiry

Elon Musk claimed Sir Keir Starmer was ‘hiding terrible things’ by refusing to back a national probe.

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Tory push for grooming inquiry 'a shocking tactic', says Keir Starmer

Keir Starmer has warned Conservative MPs not to back a Commons push for a new nationwide child grooming investigation, as it prioritises “the…

The National (Scotland)

Kemi Badenoch was supposed to make the Tories serious again. She has failed

By jumping on Elon Musk’s passing bandwagon and echoing the far right, the Conservative leader has shown she doesn’t understand her responsibilities, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Top minister tells Tories ‘put up or shut up’ ahead of grooming gang vote

The education secretary warned that supporting symbolic Tory calls for a grooming gangs inquiry will kill a children’s safety bill ‘stone dead’

The Independent UK

Tory push for grooming inquiry vote ‘a shocking tactic’, Starmer warns

The PM warned supporting the Tory’s calls for symbolic vote on an inquiry will ‘kill’ his Government’s plans to bolster safeguards for children.

Evening Standard

Tories to seek support for new child grooming inquiry in Commons vote

Home Office minister Jess Phillips has meanwhile said she faced increased risk to her safety since Elon Musk called her a ‘rape genocide apologist’

Evening Standard

Tory MPs contact Badenoch to raise concerns about Jenrick’s comments

Shadow justice minister accused of stoking community divisions with remarks about ‘people from alien cultures’

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems call for Kemi Badenoch to sack Robert Jenrick over ‘divisive comments’

Shadow justice minister backs up previous remarks on immigration by telling BBC ‘not all cultures are equal’

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Robert Jenrick under fire after calling for limit on immigration from 'alien, medieval cultures'

Shadow justice secretary said Britain had ‘seen millions of people enter the UK in recent years and some of them have backward, medieval attitudes to women’

The Independent UK

Badenoch urged to sack Jenrick for saying ‘immigrants with alien cultures have medieval attitudes to women’

Robert Jenrick stood by his claim that Britain has failed at integrating immigrants from some countries, pointing to the grooming gangs scandal as apparent evidence

The Guardian - UK

Ignore Musk, ignore the critics – you’ll feel the benefit of Labour’s policies in your pocket before long

Despite the doom-mongers, the outlook for the economy, the NHS and vital services is good. Coming months should bear that out, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

New year, new Keir: if only politicians would resolve to keep quiet in January

Starmer promotes his NHS plans in Surrey while Kemi Badenoch takes to X in response to Elon Musk

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Evening Standard

OPINION - I'm a court reporter who sat through horrific grooming gang trials – this is why I'm against a new inquiry

Public inquiries make for great spectacles these days – televised grillings of politicians, officials and experts being called to account for the sins of the past. The modern day equivalent of the stocks.

Evening Standard

PM rows with Musk amid calls for national grooming inquiry

Elon Musk continued his criticism of Sir Keir Starmer as the Prime Minister accused the billionaire of ‘spreading lies and misinformation’.

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch defends Jenrick’s remarks about ‘people from alien cultures’

Shadow justice secretary’s comments about British Pakistanis were condemned by former race adviser

The Independent UK

Badenoch unlikely to apologise in Reform numbers row, suggests shadow minister

It comes after Nigel Farage declared the Tory leader’s North West Essex seat will be target area for his party at the next election.

The Independent UK

Voices: Never mind Badenoch and Farage – Starmer’s real task is dealing with Trump and Musk

COMMENT: It’s not just Starmer’s premiership at stake here. If the president-elect and his billionaire pal become a bigger threat than they already are, UK democracy may also be at their mercy, writes John Rentoul

Evening Standard

Farage calls out Badenoch directly on Reform UK membership at conference

On Boxing Day, Ms Badenoch wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that Reform UK’s online membership ticker was ‘a fake, coded to tick up automatically’.

The Independent UK

Why the latest defection to Reform could trigger a wave of Tories switching to Farage’s party

News analysis: The defection of Boris Johnson ally Marco Longhi to Reform UK represents something much bigger than the actions of an unhappy former MP

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