Starmer and Badenoch clash on Grooming Gangs scandal

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Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over a national inquiry into grooming gangs
The row between Kemi Badenoch, Keir Starmer, Elon Musk, and others, centres around a series of high-profile cases where groups of men - mainly of Pakistani descent - were convicted of sexually abusing and raping predominantly young white girls around the UK.
UK ministers open possibility of national inquiry into grooming gangs
Ministers have acknowledged the possibility of a new national inquiry into grooming gangs after days of resisting the idea despite pressure from figures including technology billionaire Elon Musk.
Six things you must know about how the grooming gangs scandal was handled
As debate rages about whether there should be a national public inquiry into a child sex abuse scandal that rocked the country, here are the key issues you need to understand before forming an opinion
Grooming gangs: ‘A full-scale inquiry must happen – to see how far the rot sets’
Jess Phillips’s decision to reject Oldham council’s call for a Government-led inquiry has sparked international outrage...
UK government wavering over another national inquiry into child abuse by grooming gangs
Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips suggests government might have a rethink if victims’ groups demand an inquiry
PMQs live: MPs to vote on grooming gangs inquiry after Starmer accuses Badenoch of ‘lies and misinformation’
MPs debate children’s safety bill after Sir Keir Starmer urges Kemi Badenoch to ‘withdraw her wrecking amendment’
Why Musk Waded Into UK Child Grooming Gangs Scandal
Britain’s government has been pushed onto the defensive by comments from Elon Musk accusing Prime Minister Keir Starmer of complicity in a decades-old scandal over child sexual exploitation gangs.Listen to the Bloomberg UK Politics podcast on Apple,
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over grooming gangs scandal in first Prime Minister's Questions of 2025
Victims want action today, the Prime Minister said, as the Tory leader repeated demands for a national inquiry into rape gangs
Starmer and Badenoch clash over call for grooming inquiry
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has told Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer he risks fuelling accusations of "a cover up" by refusing to hold a national inquiry into grooming gangs. She also accused the PM of not wanting questions asked "of Labour politicians who may be complicit".
PMQs: Starmer and Badenoch clash on Grooming Gangs scandal
PMQs: Starmer and Badenoch clash on Grooming Gangs scandal
Video: Live: Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs as furious row erupts over grooming gangs
Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs as furious row erupts over grooming gangs A furious row has erupted over the Conservatives’ bid to use Labour’s children’s safety bill to force a vote for a national grooming gangs inquiry,
Musk’s Phony War on Grooming Gangs
The scandal is real. But Elon Musk’s incendiary rhetoric about British politics are doing more harm than good.
Child sex abuse and grooming gangs: What we know, and what we don't, from the data
The first thing we know for sure is that we don't know everything. The data on these sorts of crimes has been getting better ...
Tory push for grooming gangs vote that would halt child safety bill 'sickening', says Education Secretary
Bridget Phillipson said her Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will protect children from vanishing in the education ...
David Lammy claimed condemning ethnicity of grooming gangs ‘panders to far-Right’
Foreign Secretary made remarks after Sajid Javid, the then home secretary, welcomed the sentencing of 20 men mainly of ...
UK Tories Vie For Musk’s Attention With Grooming Inquiry Vote
The UK’s opposition Conservative Party will seek a vote in parliament on Wednesday calling for a national inquiry into ...
Bridget Phillipson accuses Tories of being 'bandwagon jumpers who don't care about children' over grooming gangs inquiry calls
An amendment to the Children's Wellbeing Bill has been tabled by the Conservatives to include a national inquiry into ...
Labour would rather ignore the truth about grooming gangs
Elon Musk, social media, Robert Jenrick, the weather – only one story leads the national discourse this new year: the horror ...
Conservatives to seek support for new child grooming inquiry in symbolic vote
Home Office minister Jess Phillips has meanwhile said she faced increased risk to her safety since Elon Musk called her a ...