PM says it's 'right' to hold national inquiry
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Saturday there would be a full national statutory inquiry into grooming gangs in England and Wales.
The move was announced ahead of the publication of Baroness Louise Casey's report into the data and evidence on the nature and scale of group-based child sexual abuse.
"She's come to the view there should be a national inquiry on the basis of what she's seen," Starmer told reporters over the weekend.
"I've read every single word of her report, and I'm going to accept her recommendation," he added.
Earlier this year, the government dismissed calls for a national inquiry on the basis the issue had already been examined during a lengthy inquiry led by Professor Alexis Jay in 2022.
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