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David Lynch

Tory push for grooming inquiry vote ‘a shocking tactic’, Starmer warns

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer warned Tory MPs against supporting their leader’s push for a new grooming gang inquiry (Leon Neal/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has warned Conservative MPs not to back a Commons push for a new nationwide child grooming investigation, as it prioritises “the desire for retweets over any real interest in the safeguarding of children”.

The Prime Minister said that Kemi Badenoch’s attempt to garner parliamentary support for a new inquiry, in the form of an amendment to a Bill aimed at bolstering the safety of children, was a “shocking tactic”.

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