3 hours ago UK politics latest: Majority of Labour voters oppose Starmer on grooming gangs inquiry, poll finds

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has also suggested he favours a ‘limited national inquiry’

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5 hours ago Now Harriet Harman joins calls for a  new inquiry into grooming gangs as pressure mounts on Keir Starmer

The party grandee suggested the Government should show an 'openness' to a future probe, although she said the PM was 'right' to resist a repeat of previous work.

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4 hours ago 'I get the point Andy Burnham is making, but I disagree with him': Minister rejects Mayor's call

The Greater Manchester mayor has said 'there is a case' for a new national inquiry into grooming gangs

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24 hours ago Oldham grooming gang survivor says her 'whole life was smashed apart' by scandal as she bravely speaks out following government's decision against public inquiry

Sam Walker Roberts, 31, from Oldham, has been calling for a multi-agency inquiry into the failings for many years and has waived her right to anonymity.

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26 hours ago Starmer not wavering over national grooming gang inquiry, No 10 insists

The Prime Minister will be ‘guided by the victims’, his official spokesman said, following a Commons showdown over a new inquiry.

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24 hours ago Labour shambles on grooming gangs probe: Andy Burnham says there SHOULD be a 'limited' national inquiry into scandal just hours after Cabinet minister insists the idea has been 'ruled out'

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham waded in just hours after Foreign Secretary David Lammy suggested such a probe had been 'ruled out'.

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28 hours ago Andy Burnham 'not opposed' to new national inquiry into grooming gangs

His comments came the morning after MPs voted against a call for a new inquiry

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28 hours ago Religion, police and education leaders unite with grooming survivors to demand immediate government action

Exclusive: A coalition made up of 65 charities is pushing Yvette Cooper to act on key recommendations from child sexual abuse inquiry

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31 hours ago Labour chaos over grooming gangs probe as Cabinet minister says national inquiry has been 'ruled out' after Commons vote

Foreign Secretary David Lammy suggested such a probe had been categorically rejected after a Commons bid to force the move was defeated last night.

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