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
Everything you need to know as MPs vote on new grooming gangs inquiry - and why it will fail
The Tories are pushing for a new grooming inquiry in an amendment to Labour’s child safety Bill - but even if it passes, it’s unlikely a inquiry will be launched
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 torpedoes Elon Musk over ‘lies’ about grooming gangs
Sir Keir Starmer has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk and right-wing populists of spreading lies about child abuse grooming gangs and warned “they have crossed a line”.
Starmer open to U-turn on grooming gangs inquiry, Downing Street says
Starmer open to U-turn on grooming gangs inquiry, Downing Street says - After safeguarding minister Jess Phillips said a new national probe into the scandal was still on the table, the prime minister’
Starmer attacks those 'spreading lies' on grooming gangs
The prime minister says those who spread misinformation about child sexual exploitation are "not interested in victims".
PMQs: Starmer and Badenoch clash on Grooming Gangs scandal
PMQs: Starmer and Badenoch clash on Grooming Gangs scandal
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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. A clash has erupted over the Conservatives’ bid to use Labour’s children’s safety bill to force a vote for a national grooming gangs inquiry,
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".
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.
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 Prime Minister calls online comments about grooming gangs “lies and misinformation”
Keir Starmer's comments came after billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken an intense and erratic interest in British politics, recently focused on sexual abuse by gangs in the UK.
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 ...
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How the grooming gangs scandal was covered up
By 2010, a West Midlands Police report showed that authorities were aware that grooming gangs were approaching children at school gates. But as the report stated, “the predominant offender ...
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 ...