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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Archie Mitchell

Top minister tells Tories ‘put up or shut up’ ahead of grooming gang vote

The education secretary has told Conservatives to “put up or shut up” and back Labour’s child safety bill, ahead of a Commons push for a new national inquiry into grooming gangs.

Bridget Phillipson warned a Conservative bid to amend the government’s children’s wellbeing and schools bill would “kill it stone dead”, jeopardising urgent measures to protect vulnerable youngsters.

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