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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Keir Starmer bows to pressure to launch new grooming gangs investigation

Prime minister Keir Starmer speaking from behind a lectern
The prime minister, Keir Starmer, has faced months of pressure over the grooming gangs issue. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/AFP/Getty Images

Keir Starmer has launched a sweeping national operation to investigate grooming gangs and a statutory inquiry into institutional failure, marking a significant reversal after months of pressure on Labour to act.

The National Crime Agency (NCA), the UK’s top investigative body, has been tasked with leading a coordinated national push to reopen historic group-based child sexual abuse cases and identify offenders who slipped through the cracks of previous police efforts.

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