Keir Starmer has slapped down Andy Burnham after he broke ranks with the prime minister to call for a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal. The prime minister has insisted that the government’s priority should be to implement the recommendations from Professor Alexis Jay’s own inquiry into child sexual abuse,

The row between Kemi Badenoch, Keir Starmer, Elon Musk, and others, centres around a series of high-profile cases where groups of men - mainly of Pakistani descent - were convicted of sexually abusing and raping predominantly young white girls around the UK.

The UK’s Conservative Party tried and failed to force PM Keir Starmer into holding a national inquiry into a scandal surrounding so-called child grooming gangs.

Keir Starmer blasted the Tories for using the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill to try to force a vote on a national inquiry into grooming gangs

After safeguarding minister Jess Phillips said a new national probe into the scandal was still on the table, the prime minister’s official spokesman said the government would grant one if victims’ gro

The debate on 'Grooming Gangs' picked pace after Elon Musk launched a barrage of attacks on PM Keir Starmer on the issue

The prime minister says those who spread misinformation about child sexual exploitation are "not interested in victims".

Starmer was the head of the Crown Prosecution Service from 2008 to 2013. During this time, he reopened the notable Rochdale case, in which nine men were convicted of being part of

Billionaire and owner of X Elon Musk has attacked Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour government over its response to grooming gangs in the UK. Pressure has mounted on the prime minister after safeguarding minister Jess Phillips denied requests for the Home Office to lead a public inquiry into child sexual exploitation and grooming in Oldham.

Sir Keir insisted child sexual exploitation is "utterly sickening", adding that he "tackled that head on" as director of public prosecutions.