Keir Starmer will order Labour MPs to vote against new national inquiry into Asian rape grooming gangs
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SIR Keir Starmer will today order his Labour MPs to vote against calls for a new national inquiry into the Asian rape grooming gangs scandal — insisting the time has passed to ask any more questions. But the Prime Minister was accused of moral cowardice by the Conservatives after ministers rejected a request from Labour-run Oldham council for a fresh investigation.
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Meanwhile, the Government’s approval rating plunged to a record low, showing Labour is more unpopular than when Tory PM Boris Johnson was forced to resign in 2022 following a series of scandals. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch today plans to table an amendment in the Commons to the Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
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It will call for a specific investigation into failings and cover-ups in about 60 northern towns over Pakistani-heritage rape gangs. Sir Keir also faces pressure from Reform UK, as leader Nigel Farage yesterday threatened to crowdfund his own private inquiry.
No10 insisted that — if selected by the Speaker and successful — the Tory motion would, in effect, torpedo Labour’s flagship schools legislation. As a result the PM is prepared to use his huge majority, with a three-line whip ordering Labour MPs to vote against it.
Sir Keir has insisted that the 2022 Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which took seven years to complete, was thorough enough to identify any failings and take action. His spokesman yesterday said: “The time has passed for more inquiries and consultations especially for victims and survivors who clearly want action.”.
