Starmer attacks Badenoch over call for new inquiry into sexual abuse gangs PM accuses Tory leader of ‘bandwagon jumping’ and condemns plan to oppose children’s wellbeing bill The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2025
Tories’ push for new grooming inquiry would ‘kill’ child safety bill, says Phillipson Education secretary says plan to block legislation with call for another inquiry is ‘absolutely sickening’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2025
Labour lays down challenge to Musk pledging to go after tech firms allowing online abuse on their sites Sitting down with The Independent, victims minister Alex Davies-Jones outlined the government’s plans to crackdown on explicit deepfake images The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2025
Starmer hits out at Tories over Badenoch’s call for new grooming gang inquiry Elon Musk claimed Sir Keir Starmer was ‘hiding terrible things’ by refusing to back a national probe. Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2025
Tory push for grooming inquiry 'a shocking tactic', says Keir Starmer Keir Starmer has warned Conservative MPs not to back a Commons push for a new nationwide child grooming investigation, as it prioritises “the… The National (Scotland) · Jan 8, 2025
Wednesday briefing: What Elon Musk’s focus on grooming gangs reveals about alt-right online discourse In today’s newsletter: The owner of X, who previously said ‘civil war is inevitable’ in Britain, has stoked online unrest with incendiary comments about the UK The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2025
Tory push for grooming inquiry vote ‘a shocking tactic’, Starmer warns The PM warned supporting the Tory’s calls for symbolic vote on an inquiry will ‘kill’ his Government’s plans to bolster safeguards for children. Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2025
Top minister tells Tories ‘put up or shut up’ ahead of grooming gang vote The education secretary warned that supporting symbolic Tory calls for a grooming gangs inquiry will kill a children’s safety bill ‘stone dead’ The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2025
Tories to seek support for new child grooming inquiry in Commons vote Home Office minister Jess Phillips has meanwhile said she faced increased risk to her safety since Elon Musk called her a ‘rape genocide apologist’ Evening Standard · Jan 7, 2025
Jenrick shape-shifts on air with reality-bending Today interview Shadow justice secretary makes case for second child sexual abuse inquiry, despite ignoring the last one The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2025
Musk ‘knows absolutely nothing’ about grooming gangs, Jess Phillips says The minister suggested her life had been turned upside down after Mr Musk used his X platform to accuse her of being a ‘rape genocide apologist’. Evening Standard · Jan 7, 2025
Tory MPs contact Badenoch to raise concerns about Jenrick’s comments Shadow justice minister accused of stoking community divisions with remarks about ‘people from alien cultures’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2025
Lib Dems call for Kemi Badenoch to sack Robert Jenrick over ‘divisive comments’ Shadow justice minister backs up previous remarks on immigration by telling BBC ‘not all cultures are equal’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2025
Robert Jenrick under fire after calling for limit on immigration from 'alien, medieval cultures' Shadow justice secretary said Britain had ‘seen millions of people enter the UK in recent years and some of them have backward, medieval attitudes to women’ Evening Standard · Jan 7, 2025
Evening Standard · Jan 7, 2025 Time for 'less talk and more action' on grooming gangs, say victims minister and child abuse inquiry chair Senior Conservative MPs have called for a national inquiry into the sexual abuse of young girls in towns across Britain
The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2025 Former chair of child abuse inquiry says another one would only delay action Prof Alexis Jay calls for recommendations in 2022 report on child sexual abuse in England and Wales to be implemented
The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2025 Chair of child sex abuse inquiry denounces Musk over grooming gangs Prof Alexis Jay has backed Starmer and said there is no need for a national inquiry
The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2025 Alexis Jay: No need for new grooming gangs inquiry – ‘just get on’ with reforms The head of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse said her 2022 report set out what action is needed and ‘people should just get on with it’.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2025 Nigel Farage paid £189,000 for part-time job as ‘brand ambassador’ for gold bullion firm– as it happened MP for Clacton declares payments on register of MPs’ interests after spending four hours a month working for gold bullion firm
Evening Standard · Jan 7, 2025 European leaders turn on Elon Musk over attempts to sway voters amid Keir Starmer row Elon Musk rejects criticism from European leaders of attempting to sway elections outside the US
The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2025 ‘We stand by Jess’: Telford survivors criticise Musk’s attack on Phillips Exclusive: Victims of male violence sign letter praising minister for devoting life to ‘fighting for women and girls’
The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2025 Starmer hits back at critics of his record on grooming gangs amid Musk row Tesla owner Elon Musk has accused the Prime Minister of being ‘complicit in the crimes’ of child sex offenders due to his time as chief prosecutor.
Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2025 MP subject to abuse as child ‘appalled’ by members ‘weaponising’ grooming Liberal Democrat Josh Babarinde said the discussion around a national investigation into child sexual abuse is being used as ‘political football’.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2025 Yvette Cooper says she will force professionals to report child sexual abuse claims Home secretary announces plans to implement key demand from Jay inquiry in England
Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2025 OPINION - I'm a court reporter who sat through horrific grooming gang trials – this is why I'm against a new inquiry Public inquiries make for great spectacles these days – televised grillings of politicians, officials and experts being called to account for the sins of the past. The modern day equivalent of the stocks.