Yvette Cooper announces new government-backed inquiries into grooming gangs as party rift deepens
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GROOMING gang inquiries by local authorities will be given government backing, the Home Secretary announced today. Yvette Cooper stopped short of announcing a full-fat national probe into the child rape scandal but unveiled a package of fresh support. It includes a three-month “rapid audit” into the scale of sexual exploitation of kids by Baroness Louise Casey.
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Ms Cooper has also urged police forces to reopen cold cases so suspected abusers who dodged prison can be investigated once again. She told MPs that £10million new funding will be earmarked to flush out existing paedophile rings and support victims. Labour has refused to launch a statutory national inquiry despite pressure from the Tories, Reform and Elon Musk.
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted victims want action now, rather than another drawn-out inquiry from the government. Today’s softening of that position comes after the two Labour MPs for Rotherham and Rochdale - the epicentres of the scandal - backed a national inquiry.
