U.K. announces new inquiries into decade-old cases of child sexual grooming after pressure sparked by Elon Musk tweet
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UK Announces New Inquiries Into Grooming Gangs
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Above: UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper arrives in Downing Street to attend the weekly Cabinet meeting in London, United Kingdom on Oct. 29, 2024. Image copyright: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing/Contributor via Getty Images
The Facts
UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced a "rapid national audit" into the scale and nature of grooming gangs across the country, as well as five local inquiries backed by the government, in a statement to the House of Commons on Thursday.
The plans will be executed through the allocation of £10M ($12.2M) of funding support, including additional resources that will be made available to police forces in order to re-examine previously closed cases.
The Spin
Left narrative
Abuse of children has been allowed to continue for too long, and insufficient action taken even when these shocking crimes were reported. That's why this government is committed to putting into place the recommendations of the previous national inquiry and is launching new probes to learn what further steps need to be implemented.
Right narrative
Labour only introduced these latest steps after pressure from the Conservatives, but they have still failed to propose any meaningful action. By launching local inquiries, they are leaving probes in the hands of Labour-leaning councils that have been accused of facilitating the cover-ups in the first place. The party are more interested in covering their backs than seeking justice for the victims.
