Keir Starmer blocks national inquiry into child grooming gangs as Badenoch skewers PM for risking ‘cover-up’
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KEMI Badenoch's bid for a national inquiry into child rape gangs was tonight blocked by Labour MPs. Sir Keir Starmer wielded his majority to easily defeat a Tory amendment calling for a fresh probe into the grooming scandal. Some 364 MPs voted to throw out her amendment, dwarfing the 111 in favour - a majority of 253.
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Tory shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: "It is disgusting that Keir Starmer has used his supermajority in Parliament to block a national inquiry into the rape gangs scandal. “Labour MPs have put their Party ahead of getting to the truth and turned a blind eye to justice for the victims. Labour MPs will have to explain to the British people why they are against learning the truth behind the torture and rape of countless vulnerable girls.
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“We will not let them forget this act of cowardice.”. The PM insisted it was time for "action" instead of the "delay of a further inquiry and has pledged a series of measures to protect kids. His flagship Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill would have also collapsed has Ms Badenoch's amendment been allowed to stand.
Nigel Farage supported the Tory bid but accused Ms Badenoch's outrage as "insincere" given she did not act as a minister. The PM has dismissed growing demands for a new inquiry, insisting a previous investigation has already uncovered the horrors that shook a series of northern towns.
