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Grooming gang jailed for systematic and repeated rape of teenager

A gang of sexual predators have been handed lengthy jail sentences for the grooming and systematic rape of a teenage girl who was “robbed of her childhood”. The woman – who was raped by multiple men in the Keighley area of West Yorkshire over a ...

18 Feb 2022 at 18:55

Sunak promises crackdown on grooming gangs with new police taskforce

The Prime Minister has pledged that “political correctness” will not get in the way of a crackdown on grooming gangs, as ministers promised tougher sentences and new support for local forces to protect children from abuse. Rishi Sunak will ...

02 Apr 2023 at 22:30

Braverman defends highlighting ethnicity of grooming gang abusers

Suella Braverman has defended her use of “unfashionable facts” by highlighting the British-Pakistani background of grooming gang members. She said it is not racist to speak “plain truths” but stressed that most British-Pakistani men are ...

20 Apr 2023 at 08:55

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Findlay would ‘think twice’ about using Badenoch’s language on grooming gangs

The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has distanced himself from Kemi Badenoch’s comments calling grooming gang abusers “peasants” from “sub-communities” in foreign countries, saying he would have “thought twice” about using such ...

14 Jan 2025 at 14:54

Welsh First Minister faces calls to back grooming gang inquiry

Opposition MSs have called for the Welsh First Minister to back an inquiry into grooming gangs, in a tense exchange in the Senedd. Darren Millar, the leader of the Welsh Conservatives, repeatedly asked Eluned Morgan if she will ...

14 Jan 2025 at 17:00

Kemi Badenoch blames ‘peasants’ from ‘sub-communities’ for grooming gangs abuse

Kemi Badenoch has blamed “peasants” from “sub-communities” in foreign countries for the grooming gangs crisis. The Conservative also told GB News hearing victims’ accounts were “quite shocking” as she reaffirmed calls for a ...

14 Jan 2025 at 12:40

Home Secretary announces local reviews into grooming gangs

A series of local reviews into grooming gangs has been announced by the Government a day after the Home Secretary was threatened with legal action over the issue. Yvette Cooper also said she had ordered a three-month rapid ...

16 Jan 2025 at 16:44

Local reviews into grooming will get answers and bring change, says Cooper

An audit looking into the current scale and nature of “gang-based exploitation” across the country has been announced, as well as local reviews into grooming in some areas. The Home Secretary, following weeks of pressure ...

16 Jan 2025 at 19:35

Streeting: Grooming gangs rhetoric could lead to UK version of NZ mosque attack

Wes Streeting has warned of the dangers of vilification in regards to grooming gangs, pointing to the 2019 mosque massacre in New Zealand as what the result could look like for Britain if “entire communities” are ...

11 Jan 2025 at 02:57

PM under ‘immense’ pressure over grooming gangs inquiry, says Farage

The Prime Minister is under “immense” pressure to call a national inquiry into grooming gangs, Nigel Farage has said as he reiterated his demand for a new review. Comparing previous inquiries to a “shotgun ...

11 Jan 2025 at 18:57

Gang of five convicted of human trafficking and sexual exploitation offences

A gang who targeted “vulnerable” women in Dundee have been convicted following an investigation into sexual exploitation, human trafficking and drug supply. At the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday, ...

09 Jan 2025 at 23:01

Most grooming gang offences carried out by white men, police chiefs say

The vast majority of grooming gang offences are carried out by white men, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) has said. New figures from the police database show that, where ethnicity data ...

10 Jan 2025 at 19:00

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