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Will Durrant

Cooper looking at ‘different ways’ to haul witnesses before grooming inquiries

Screen grab of Home Secretary Yvette Cooper giving a statement in the House of Commons (House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA) - (PA Wire)

Yvette Cooper will look at “different ways” to compel witnesses to speak out about child sexual exploitation, she has said.

The Home Secretary faced calls from Rotherham MP Sarah Champion to launch a new statutory inquiry into gangs which sexually exploit children.

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