Tories on the London Assembly had proposed an amendment to mayor Sir Sadiq Khan’s budget, which included £4.49m for an “Independent Inquiry into the Exploitation of Children in London”.
The Tory claim that grooming gangs have been identified in “more than fifty areas” appears to be in relation to a GB News article, in which one of the broadcaster’s journalists said they had identified more than 50 towns and cities which had “endured abuse gangs”.
“City Hall and the GLA [Greater London Authority] have significant resources available to draw conclusions from across all thirty-two of London’s boroughs, making it well-placed to deliver a local-level inquiry and give victims of these horrific crimes the justice they deserve.”.
Conservative calls for a multi-million pound inquiry into whether grooming gangs have operated in London were rejected at City Hall on Tuesday.
The Conservative amendment continued: “No local inquiries have taken place across any part of London, leaving a significant number of unanswered questions around the scale of this scandal in the capital.
