Sir Keir Starmer bowed to months of mounting pressure over the issue ahead of the publication of a new report by Louise Casey

The prime minister has bowed to pressure to agree to set up an inquiry into grooming gangs with legal powers to call witnesses

The Prime Minister was scrambling to appear decisive after resisting action on the scandal for months.

New probe and statutory public inquiry will be a means to get ‘truth and justice’, home secretary says

At last Sir Keir Starmer has announced a national inquiry into the mass-rape gangs prowling the streets of our towns and cities to target young girls for sex. And not before time.

PM forced to cave in to clamour for statutory inquiry despite earlier dismissing them as amplifying far right demands

The review by Baroness Casey is expected to conclude that years of warnings about abuse of white girls were 'institutionally ignored for fear of racism'.

The Labour Party was adamant that a national investigation was unnecessary but Baroness Casey’s review has forced yet another about-turn

Yvette Cooper revealed details of a national investigation that Sir Keir Starmer had ruled out before the Casey report forced a rethink

Sir Keir Starmer bowed to months of mounting pressure over the issue ahead of the publication of a new report by Louise Casey

A full statutory inquiry into UK grooming gangs will soon begin work

Failings of UK institutions to protect young girls from grooming gangs will remain high on political agenda for years

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said that those who had suffered 'despicable crimes' had been 'let down' by the authorities.

From institutional failures to cowardice, Baroness Casey’s review has blown the establishment cover-up apart

Baroness Casey last night hit out at 'do-gooders' who tried to bury the facts of such cases, yet only ended up giving racists 'more ammunition'.

Sir Keir Starmer’s grooming gang inquiry does not go far enough, victims and campaigners have said.

Sir Keir Starmer ordered a national inquiry after pressure from opposition parties

Victims of child sexual abuse gangs and their families say the Government’s about-turn on a national grooming inquiry falls short

The report addressed the UK’s institutional failure to protect children and teenage girls from sexual exploitation.