4 hours ago Labour backs down over grooming gangs: Whitehall fixer to undertake 'rapid audit' into scale of child sex abuse in Britain

Yvette Cooper told MPs she had asked Baroness Louise Casey to oversee a three-month review into gang-based child sexual exploitation.

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5 hours ago UK government confirms new inquiries into grooming gangs focusing on ethnicity

Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, will ask police forces to re-open 'cold cases' related to child sexual exploitation and abuse

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5 hours ago Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announces local grooming gangs inquiries after mounting pressure

The reviews will focus on the ‘cultural drivers’ of child sexual exploitation gangs and police forces will be asked to reopen "cold cases"

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6 hours ago UK politics live: New grooming gang inquiries set out by Labour as Badenoch ramps up anti

Home secretary’s expected announcement marks partial government climbdown on grooming gangs scandal

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6 hours ago Home Secretary Yvette Cooper set to announce local grooming gangs inquiries after mounting pressure

The review will focus on the ‘cultural drivers’ and ethnicity of child sexual exploitation gangs, it is understood

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7 hours ago UK politics live: Cooper to announce new grooming gang inquiries as Badenoch blasts Boris Johnson over Brexit

Home secretary’s expected announcement marks partial government climbdown on grooming gangs scandal

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