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Grooming gangs report author says word ‘Pakistani’ was ‘tippexed out’ of a child’s file

Ignoring ethnicity of grooming gang perpetrators gives racists ‘more ammunition’, says Baroness Casey

The Independent UK

Louise Casey is right: children must be saved from grooming gangs. But the culture warriors must be ignored

The new inquiry needs a sharp focus on the reality of this horrific abuse. A process hijacked by opportunists will only fail victims again, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Louise Casey to appear before MPs after major review of child grooming failures

Baroness Casey’s review into the grooming gangs scandal was published on Monday, and criticised the lack of data on the ethnicity of offenders.

Evening Standard

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Grooming gangs in UK thrived in ‘culture of ignorance’, Casey report says

Public inquiry will examine repeated failures that prevented abuse against children being properly investigated

The Guardian - UK

Casey report forces Starmer’s hand on issue that has haunted Labour for decades

Failings of UK institutions to protect young girls from grooming gangs will remain high on political agenda for years

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer’s biggest U-turns since Labour came to power

From benefit cuts to foreign aid, the most striking about-turns since the prime minister took the reins

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on violence against women and girls: the grooming gangs inquiry should be part of a wider strategy

Editorial: It is right to confront child sexual exploitation, but this week’s announcement comes against a backdrop of failure

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Victims at front of my mind while carrying out grooming gangs review: Casey

Victims told her they are unable to live the lives they wanted and continued to see their abusers walk free.

Evening Standard

UK Apologises To Thousands Of Grooming Victims As It Toughens Law

The UK government announced Monday it would bring in tough new laws to "root out the scourge" of grooming gangs and apologised to thousands of victims believed to have been sexually exploited.

International Business Times

Government U-turns on grooming inquiry: Which MPs have backtracked?

The government has requested a nationwide inquiry into grooming from the National Crime Agency

Evening Standard

Police to collect ethnicity data for all cases of child sexual abuse

Requirement made as review finds ‘over-representation’ of Asian men among grooming gang suspects

The Guardian - UK

What is the new grooming gangs inquiry going to do after the Casey report?

A full statutory inquiry into UK grooming gangs will soon begin work

The Independent UK

Children and teenage girls were blamed for crimes against them, ‘damning’ grooming gangs report finds

A ‘deeply disturbing’ report found organisations avoided race for fear of appearing racist or inflaming community tensions, Yvette Cooper said

The Independent UK

Grooming gang review finds ‘overrepresentation’ of Asian male suspects – Cooper

The Home Secretary said ‘we cannot shy away’ from findings which let the criminality of a minority of men to be used to marginalise whole communities.

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

Grooming gangs review to be unveiled as PM’s inquiry plan gets mixed reaction

The Home Secretary is set to address Parliament over the review as the Prime Minister has committed to a national inquiry.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Emily Maitlis, Jess Phillips, Lucy Powell and the liberal elite have been embarrassed over grooming gangs

Well, it’s hats off to Elon Musk then, isn’t it? What are the chances that the PM would actually have commissioned and now agreed to Dame Louise Casey’s report recommending a proper national inquiry into the mass rape of white girls – some as young as 12 – by men…

Evening Standard

'How could so many people turn a blind eye?': The question UK must answer after grooming gangs inquiry U-turn

Sir Keir Starmer has agreed to a new national inquiry after a review by Baroness Louise Casey

The Independent UK

Councils and institutions who failed young girls ‘will not be able to hide’ from new grooming gangs inquiry

Sir Keir Starmer bowed to months of mounting pressure over the issue ahead of the publication of a new report by Louise Casey

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The Guardian - UK

Cooper says law on rape being tightened so adults cannot use consent as defence against charge of raping child under 16 – as it happened

Yvette Cooper tells parliament that Louise Casey audit found some cases were downgraded from rape to lesser charges ‘because 13- to 15-year-old is perceived to have consented’

The Independent UK

Baroness Casey’s findings on grooming gangs set to be announced

Earlier this year, the Government dismissed calls for a public inquiry.

Evening Standard

Grooming gangs: 'No hiding' for police, councils and social services who failed 100s of young girls, says No10

Sir Keir Starmer has announced a new inquiry into the scandal after a U-turn

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer bows to pressure to launch new grooming gangs investigation

New probe and statutory public inquiry will be a means to get ‘truth and justice’, home secretary says

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer makes U-turn mid-air over grooming gangs inquiry

PM forced to cave in to clamour for statutory inquiry despite earlier dismissing them as amplifying far right demands

Evening Standard

Grooming gangs inquiry ‘must not delay action’ against child abuse, says NSPCC

Sir Keir Starmer said on Saturday he will launch a full inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal after resisting pressure for months.

Evening Standard

Starmer focused on grooming victims not ‘grandstanding’, says Reeves

The Chancellor said that Sir Keir has been looking at ‘actually doing the practical things to ensure that something like this never happens again’.

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