A minster has denied the Government is “watering down” inquiries into grooming gangs as it was announced a new child protection authority will be created.
Earlier this year Home Secretary Yvette Cooper vowed that a three-month “rapid audit” of the current situation on grooming gangs and child sexual abuse across the country would be completed, as well as £5million handed out for “victim-centred, locally led inquiries” in five areas.
