Rishi Sunak has pledged that “political correctness” will not get in the way of a crackdown on grooming gangs, as ministers promised tougher sentences and a new police taskforce to protect children from sexual abuse.
It comes as Labour accused home secretary Suella Braverman of “dog whistle” politics after she singled out British Pakistani men and claimed Labour councils had “turned a blind eye” to signs of abuse over fears of being labelled racist.
