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Palestine Action to be banned after vandalism of planes at RAF base

Yvette Cooper has decided to proscribe the group, making it a criminal offence to belong to or support Palestine Action.

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025

Palestine Action to be banned after break-in at RAF base

Yvette Cooper has decided to proscribe the group, making it a criminal offence to belong to or support Palestine Action.

Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2025

Police in England and Wales to collect ethnicity data in child sexual abuse cases

The announcement follows a series of recommendations by Baroness Casey made in her audit on 'grooming gangs', which found that Asian men were overrepresented in three local areas – but more data was needed to gain a national picture.

Euronews · Jun 18, 2025

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 · Jun 17, 2025

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 · Jun 16, 2025

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 · Jun 16, 2025

Child sexual abuse victim criticises ‘smug’ Badenoch over grooming inquiry

Liberal Democrat MP Josh Babarinde told the Commons he was ‘disgusted’ by the Conservative leader’s ‘party political assault’.

Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2025

The victims of grooming gangs deserve justice – at long last, they may get it

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The government’s decision to launch a full statutory inquiry into historic grooming cases is long overdue. Thousands of girls were failed not only by their abusers but by the very institutions and individuals meant to protect them. At last, a national reckoning is underway

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2025

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 · Jun 16, 2025

Grooming gangs inquiry: how will it help victims and affect the law?

A ‘vigorous approach to righting wrongs of the past’ is needed along with tougher laws for crimes against children

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2025