PM rows with Musk amid calls for national grooming inquiry Elon Musk continued his criticism of Sir Keir Starmer as the Prime Minister accused the billionaire of ‘spreading lies and misinformation’. Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2025
Why is Elon Musk attacking Keir Starmer over the grooming scandal? Owner of social media platform X has shared a series of posts about the British PM and other senior politicians The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2025
Timeline of grooming cases and investigations in recent years Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced on Thursday that the Government will commission a series of local reviews into grooming gangs. The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025
What did the child sexual abuse inquiry say about grooming gangs? The £186.6 million inquiry, set up in 2015, looked at 15 areas scrutinising institutional responses to child sexual abuse. The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025
UK politics latest: Majority of Labour voters oppose Starmer on grooming gangs inquiry, poll finds Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has also suggested he favours a ‘limited national inquiry’ The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025
Former child abuse inquiry chairwoman urges Government to act over 2022 report Professor Alexis Jay distanced herself from demands for a new independent inquiry. Evening Standard · Jan 6, 2025
Chair of child sexual abuse inquiry calls for government to act The Greater Manchester mayor pointed to an ongoing review into the scandal in Manchester which he launched after being elected in 2017, but said he would support a national inquiry if the government deemed one necessary The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025
Starmer expected to face questions about Musk’s grooming gang criticism Sir Keir Starmer has so far not spoken to defend his record since the slew of online posts from the tech billionaire. The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2025
Elon Musk turns on Nigel Farage and calls for new leader of Reform It is unclear what prompted Musk to write on X that Farage ‘doesn’t have what it takes’ to be Reform UK’s leader The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2025
Cooper defends Phillips as ‘fearless’ advocate after Musk criticism Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said minister Jess Phillips had ‘campaigned tirelessly’ on behalf of those that had been failed by institutions. Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2025
Reform UK would launch grooming gangs inquiry if elected, chairman says Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been criticised by Elon Musk over the issue. Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2025
Whistleblower says Starmer ‘guilty as anyone’ over grooming gang failures Maggie Oliver criticised previous inquiries into the scandal. Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2025
Whistleblower says Starmer ‘perhaps as guilty as anyone’ over grooming gang failures Maggie Oliver criticised previous inquiries into the scandal The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2025
Will there be a new grooming gangs inquiry and what did the previous one find? Labour government facing pressure over its response to grooming gangs The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2025
Evening Standard · Jan 3, 2025 Why are Elon Musk and Kemi Badenoch calling for a grooming scandal inquiry and why is Labour rejecting it? The background to the inquiries that have been done and why the Home Office Minister has refused calls for a fresh investigation into historic child sexual abuse
Evening Standard · Jan 3, 2025 Elon Musk grooming attacks ‘misjudged and misinformed’, Wes Streeting says The Health Secretary offered an olive branch to tech billionaire Mr Musk, urging him to work with the UK Government to tackle online child abuse.
Evening Standard · Jan 3, 2025 Ministers hit back at Elon Musk as tech billionaire steps up attack on Keir Starmer over grooming gangs Health minister Andrew Gwynne said the Tesla tycoon should focus on US politics as row over inquiry intensifies
The National (Scotland) · Jan 3, 2025 Elon Musk calls on King to dissolve Parliament in latest attack on UK Government ELON Musk has continued his criticism of the Government, calling on the King to step in and dissolve Parliament...
Evening Standard · Jan 3, 2025 Elon Musk calls on King to dissolve Parliament over grooming gangs The tech billionaire has continued his social media criticism of Sir Keir Starmer for the Government’s handling of the UK’s ‘rape gangs scandal’.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2025 Ex-chief prosecutor rejects Musk’s calls for new child abuse inquiry Nazir Afzal and police whistleblower Maggie Oliver say previous lengthy inquiries were not acted upon
Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2025 Musk attacks Starmer as Badenoch calls for grooming gangs inquiry Tesla boss Elon Musk issued a series of attacks on Sir Keir Starmer as the Tories called for a national inquiry into grooming gangs
Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2025 Badenoch calls for inquiry into ‘rape gang scandal’ as Oldham probe denied The Conservative Party leader made the call in a post on X and argued that a public inquiry into organised grooming gangs is ‘long overdue’.
Evening Standard · Jan 2, 2025 Kemi Badenoch calls for national inquiry into UK’s ‘rape gangs scandal’ The Conservative Party leader made the call in a post to X on Thursday, arguing that ‘2025 must be the year that the victims start to get justice’.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2024 The Observer view on the Church of England: how does it recover after its annus horribilis? A new Anglican leader must reinvent the role if they are to restore faith in an institution mired in sexual abuse scandals
Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2024 Independent safeguarding ‘only way to restore trust’ in Church of England Professor Alexis Jay was made a CBE at Buckingham Palace on Thursday.