Badenoch accuses government of failure on grooming gangs
Summary
Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the Conservative party, asserts that the government did not follow through on a pledge to establish five local investigations into grooming gangs. However, only one inquiry has been conducted in Oldham, even though £5 million was promised for the investigations.Key Facts
- Kemi Badenoch, Conservative party leader, accuses the government of not setting up promised local grooming gang inquiries.
- The government had pledged to fund five local inquiries, allocating £5 million for these investigations.
- Only one inquiry has taken place in Oldham, despite the number of inquiries initially stated.
- According to Badenoch, the government is stalling these inquiries to protect Labour-led councils from scandals.
- There has been growing pressure on the ministers to disclose which areas are conducting grooming gang inquiries.
- There apparently seems to have been a stagnancy in inquiries since the declaration of their commencement in January.
- Tom Crowther, the barrister involved in the development of the initiatives, suggests further inquiries may be in progress.
- Safeguarding Minister, Jess Phillips, expects there to be more than five local inquiries in future.
- The Conservatives have been requesting another national inquiry into grooming gangs.
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