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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

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

Inquiries into British grooming gangs have been announced by the Home Secretary after weeks of growing pressure over the scandal.

Yvette Cooper told MPs she has ordered a three-month rapid review of the "current scale and nature of gang-based exploitation across the country".

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