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Nina Lloyd

Starmer accused of U-turn after ordering inquiry into grooming gangs

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of making a U-turn by ordering an inquiry into grooming gangs (Kin Cheung/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of a U-turn after committing to a statutory inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal.

After resisting pressure for months to implement a full probe, the Prime Minister said he had read “every single word” of an independent report into child sexual exploitation by Baroness Louise Casey and would accept her recommendation for the investigation.

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