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.

UK lawmakers voted against a proposal to launch a new inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal. The scandal, which came into the limelight in 2010, involved young girls being allegedly abused by British-Pakistani men.

Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips’ decision to block a public inquiry into the Oldham grooming gangs seems, from the outside, to be almost inexplicable. Children were raped and abused by gangs of men while the authorities failed to protect them.

As debate rages about whether there should be a national public inquiry into a child sex abuse scandal that rocked the country, here are the key issues you need to understand before forming an opinion

The billionaire tech mogul has been posting on his social media platform about a decade-old child sex abuse scandal in Britain. Here’s what to know.

Elon Musk tweeted about the Rotherham grooming scandal, adding: “So many people at all levels of power in the UK need to be in prison for this.” He later added: “Vote Reform. It’s the only hope.”The Scale of AbuseThe Rotherham scandal involved the systematic sexual exploitation of at least 1,

Without naming Mr. Musk directly, Prime Minister Keir Starmer denounced the billionaire’s spreading of falsehoods about a child sex abuse scandal.

Explore the harrowing details of the Rotherham grooming scandal involving Pakistani gangs, systemic failures, and the impact on child victims. Understand the lessons learned and current challenges in safeguarding efforts.

Sir Keir Starmer has begun this year in an explosive row with tech billionaire Elon Musk, which broke out after the Tesla boss criticised the government for rejecting a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal.