2 hours ago Elon Musk cheers on Kemi Badenoch as Tory leader uses PMQs to demand Keir Starmer be a 'leader not a lawyer' and allow new grooming gangs inquiry

During angry clashes at PMQs this afternoon, Mrs Badenoch piled pressure on the Prime Minister to establish a fresh probe into child sexual exploitation.

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2 hours ago Labour endorsed report that said the phrase 'Asian grooming gangs' was an 'anti

Kemi Badenoch referred to the definition, drawn up by an all-party Parliamentary group (APPG) co-chaired by Mr Streeting in 2018, as she clashed with Keir Starmer at PMQs.

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5 hours ago Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash over grooming gangs scandal in first Prime Minister's Questions of 2025

Victims want action today, the Prime Minister said, as the Tory leader repeated demands for a national inquiry into rape gangs

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3 hours ago No10 hints national inquiry into grooming gangs COULD happen if victims want one

During angry clashes at PMQs, Keir Starmer revealed he met victims this morning who told him a new probe would only mean 'delay'.

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6 hours ago Keir Starmer claims new inquiry would delay action on child grooming gangs until 2031 – UK politics live

Prime minister says any new inquiry into child abuse would delay progress as Kemi Badenoch says ‘be a leader, not a lawyer’Reform UK has also tabled a reasoned amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill motion tonight. It says:That this house declines to give a second reading to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill because the secretary of state for the Home Department has not launched a UK-wide public inquiry into grooming gangs and has not committed to updating Members of this House every quarter on the progress of the inquiry.The Conservatives are using the victims of this scandal as a political football.The Conservatives alongside Reform, goaded along by Elon Musk will be voting for a motion which will not secure a national inquiry for victims of child sexual abuse, but instead it would kill these crucial child protection measures completely. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Keir Starmer defies demands for national inquiry into grooming gangs scandal at PMQs claiming victims have told him it would only 'delay' action

During clashes at PMQs, Keir Starmer insisted that victims had told him a new probe would only mean 'delay'.

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6 hours ago Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer clashes with Kemi Badenoch at PMQs as he accuses Tory leader of 'jumping on bandwagon' over calls for new inquiry into grooming gangs

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live coverage of the first Prime Minister's Questions of 2025 as Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch in the wake of a grooming gangs row involving Elon Musk.

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6 hours ago PMQs live: Starmer demands Badenoch withdraw vote for new grooming gangs inquiry and vows ‘action now’

Sir Keir Starmer has urged Kemi Badenoch to ‘withdraw her wrecking amendment’ to the government’s Bill aimed at protecting children

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32 hours ago Time for 'less talk and more action' on grooming gangs, say victims minister and child abuse inquiry chair

Senior Conservative MPs have called for a national inquiry into the sexual abuse of young girls in towns across Britain

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6 hours ago PMQs: Keir Starmer claims new inquiry would delay action on child grooming gangs until 2031 – UK politics live

Prime minister says any new inquiry into child abuse would delay progress as Kemi Badenoch says ‘be a leader, not a lawyer’Reform UK has also tabled a reasoned amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill motion tonight. It says:That this house declines to give a second reading to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill because the secretary of state for the Home Department has not launched a UK-wide public inquiry into grooming gangs and has not committed to updating Members of this House every quarter on the progress of the inquiry.The Conservatives are using the victims of this scandal as a political football.The Conservatives alongside Reform, goaded along by Elon Musk will be voting for a motion which will not secure a national inquiry for victims of child sexual abuse, but instead it would kill these crucial child protection measures completely. Continue reading...

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