British lawmakers have rejected a proposal by the opposition Conservative Party to launch a new national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal. The proposal, introduced as an amendment to the ...

Jess Phillips has said MPs can jump on the bandwagon of combating grooming gangs and child sexual exploitation – but “it is action that is needed”. In an off-the-cuff speech, the safeguarding minister ...

Downing Street has rejected suggestions that Sir Keir Starmer is wavering in his insistence that a national inquiry into grooming gangs is not necessary. The Prime Minister will be “guided by the ...

Sir Keir Starmer directly urged Kemi Badenoch to drop her call for a national inquiry on grooming gangs because it would mean derailing legislation aimed at bolstering the safety of children. At Prime ...

Elon Musk “knows absolutely nothing” about the subject of grooming gangs, Jess Phillips has said, after the billionaire attacked her on social media. The Home Office minister suggested her life had ...

The government has announced new safeguarding legal guidelines as part of a crackdown on child exploitation in the wake of the grooming gangs scandal ... We’re joined by The London Standard’s courts ...

The government has announced new safeguarding legal guidelines as part of a crackdown on child exploitation in the wake of the grooming gangs ... joined by The London Standard’s courts ...

There have been various investigations and reports into cases of child grooming in recent years. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the timeline of events. Five men were jailed in 2010 for ...