Sir Keir Starmer’s grooming gang inquiry does not go far enough, victims and campaigners have said.
Four people affected by the rape gangs scandal joined Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, as she held a press conference in central London.
It comes after Sir Keir bowed to pressure to commission a national inquiry into the historic sexual exploitation of thousands of girls, predominantly by men of Pakistani origin.
The Prime Minister’s commitment came after a report by Baroness Casey which found that police and council leaders covered up the scale of Asian grooming gangs because they feared being called racist.
Marlon West, whose daughter Scarlett is a grooming gang survivor, said he was worried some prosecutions would be missed and that he was not reassured “one little bit” social workers would be held accountable.
