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The Independent UK
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Helen Corbett

Labour MP for Rotherham calls for locally-led national grooming gangs inquiry

Undated handout photo issued by UK Parliament of Sarah Champion MP. Issue date: Wednesday July 26, 2023. - (PA Media)

The Labour MP for Rotherham has called for a national inquiry into grooming gangs, calling child sexual abuse in the UK “endemic”.

Sarah Champion called for a nationwide inquiry that would be led locally and probe the failings of authorities over grooming gangs.

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