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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rhiannon James

Tories: Labour interested in protecting their own rather than grooming victims

Home Office minister Jess Phillips (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government is more interested in “protecting their own” than getting justice for the victims of grooming gangs, the Conservatives have suggested.

In a heated exchange in the Commons, shadow equalities minister Mims Davies repeated calls for a national public inquiry into the sexual exploitation of children.

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