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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox,Kate Devlin and Holly Bancroft

Labour bows to pressure to announce new grooming gang inquiries

Yvette Cooper has announced a “rapid national audit” into the scale and nature of grooming gangs across the country amid growing calls from MPs for a new inquiry.

The home secretary also pledged five new local inquiries backed by government funding in a statement to the Commons on Thursday.

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