Cooper announces 'rapid national audit' into grooming gangs, plus new local inquiries
The government today announced a new national-level "rapid audit" of grooming gangs, plus up to five new local inquiries. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says the government will launch a national three-month audit, led by Dame Louise Casey, which will examine "cultural and societal drivers" of child sexual exploitation.
U.K. Announces Rapid Review Into Scale of Child Sexual Abuse by Grooming Gangs
Britain’s Labour government came under pressure to act after Elon Musk reignited a decade-old scandal involving child sexual abuse mainly by men of Pakistani heritage.
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The Conservatives have tabled an amendment proposing an inquiry into grooming gangs, but if the vote passes new laws protecting children will be delayed.
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After weeks of pressure, Labour has announced a new £10m fund to tackle grooming gangs and child sexual abuse.
Yvette Cooper announces £2million funding for grooming gangs inquiry
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UK plans local inquiries into sexual grooming gangs
The UK government on Thursday announced a "rapid" national review of the extent of sexual exploitation of children by grooming gangs and several new local inquiries into cases of abuse.
Cooper announces inquiries into grooming gangs
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced plans for five government-backed local inquiries into grooming gangs in a clear shift of position on the issue. She said top lawyer Tom Crowther, who led an inquiry in Telford, would help Oldham and four other pilot areas yet to be named, develop their own reviews.
'It clearly isn't enough!' Robert Jenrick blasts Labour's local inquiries into grooming gangs: 'We've got to take action'
Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has criticised Labour's announcement of five local inquiries into grooming gangs, saying the plan falls short of what's needed to uncover the full truth of the scandal.
Grooming gang members given jail sentences
A group of eight men who were part of a West Yorkshire grooming gang in the late 1990s have been jailed. Three of the men - ...
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West Yorkshire grooming gang sentenced to jail
British-Pakistan Judge Ahmed Nadim handed jail terms to three members of a West Yorkshire grooming gang at Bradford Crown ...
Watchdog ‘failed’ with investigation into South Yorkshire Police’s handling of grooming gangs, whistleblowers claim
Two people working on the watchdog investigation into South Yorkshire Police’s handling of grooming gangs have come forward ...
Grooming gangs commit two sex offences a day, first figures reveal
Grooming gangs are behind almost two child sexual abuse offences a day reported to police, the first analysis of its kind has ...
Has the Government Changed its Mind on Grooming Gang Inquiries?
The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced five government-backed local inquiries and a new national-level "rapid audit" ...
Any new inquiry into grooming gangs must have victims at its centre - something lacking from online discourse
After Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, decided that grooming gangs were going to become his new obsession, there was no ...
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Even as ‘Grooming Gang’ Scandal Rocks UK, British Activists Plan Women’s March To Protest Trump Presidency
The demonstrations, organized by UK Women’s March, will take place on Saturday in several cities across the country and are ...
Grooming gang members sentenced for rape - as police hunt two believed to have fled the country
A judge said the criminal justice system must "do all it can to protect young and vulnerable members of our community" and ...