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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Labour MP Sarah Champion calls for grooming gangs inquiry

Sarah Champion speaking in the Commons last week
Sarah Champion said an inquiry was needed ‘to restore the faith in our safeguarding systems’. Photograph: Parliament TV

Sarah Champion, the Labour MP who has been a longtime campaigner on the sexual abuse of women and girls, has called for another national inquiry into grooming gangs, putting more pressure on Keir Starmer.

The Rotherham MP said in a statement that while it was also important to swiftly implement the recommendations of the previous inquiry into the issue, led by Prof Alexis Jay, there was a need to examine the failures of those in authority.

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