Reform UK would launch grooming gangs inquiry if elected, chairman says
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Reform UK would launch an independent inquiry into grooming gangs if elected into power, its chairman has said. It comes after Elon Musk attacked the UK Government over the issue, saying Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer failed to bring “rape gangs” to justice when he was director of public prosecutions.
Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf said his party would launch a national inquiry into the “despicable crimes of grooming gangs” that would “leave no stone unturned”. “We will ensure a full national independent inquiry into the despicable crimes of the grooming gangs that have terrorised young girls in this country,” he told supporters at a party conference in Chelmsford, Essex, on Saturday.
“This inquiry will leave no stone unturned to ensure justice for the victims and their families, it will ensure that the perpetrators, the monstrous perpetrators, and the officials who enable them by turning a blind eye are brought to justice and are made to pay the heaviest price for their crime.
“We will do the things necessary to heal this country, because we’re the only ones who can.”. Maggie Oliver, a former detective who uncovered police failings in investigating grooming gangs, on Friday criticised previous inquiries and called for an independent investigation and “criminal accountability” for public officials and police who “turned a blind eye”.
