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Flora Thompson

Home Secretary threatened with legal action over grooming scandal

Yvette Cooper is expected to ask police forces to reopen cold cases relating to child sexual exploitation and abuse, according to the BBC (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Home Secretary is reportedly set to announce a series of local reviews into grooming gangs after she was threatened with legal action.

Maggie Oliver, a former detective who resigned from Greater Manchester Police in 2012, warned Yvette Cooper in a pre-action letter on Wednesday that she would take her to court unless she takes “urgent steps to allay widespread public concern” over gangs sexually exploiting children.

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