Labour peer Maurice Glasman has joined forces with Nigel Farage to back a parliamentary bill that calls for a statutory inquiry into the abuse gangs scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Along with several Tory frontbenchers, the cross-party group will demand a national public inquiry into the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The coalition of a Labour peer with Nigel Farage\u2019s Reform UK will set off alarm bells in Labour HQ ahead of this week\u2019s local elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Backing the bill, Lord Glasman said: \u201cThe gangs are still operating. The British public expect action so the police and other services finally get a grip of this disgrace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I support an Inquiry to get to the truth and improve how all parts of the state deal with sexual abuse of children\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Farage added: \u201cLabour and Tories have failed on the grooming gangs. They have failed to bring justice to the thousands of victims across multiple decades of these horrific crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“They have failed to hold anyone in authority to account for years of cover-ups and failure. We must have a comprehensive inquiry that no authority or offender can hide from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We must stop the judges keeping these criminal trials secret, an outrageous recent development that the Government ignores. We must have a national inquiry so we stop the gangs that are still organising the sexual abuse of children today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GB News also understands that many Labour MPs have given their support to the bill in principle but are wary of publicly breaking with the frontbench, especially ahead of Thursday\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One Labour figure indicated that they would back the bill after the elections had concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The grooming gangs issue returned to national prominence in January when GB News revealed that the shadow safeguarding minister Jess Phillips had rejected a request for a government-led inquiry in Oldham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keir Starmer resisted calls for an inquiry, with Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announcing that Baroness Louise Casey would conduct a rapid three-month audit of group-based exploitation. Cooper also announced that the government would fund five local inquiries and develop a new framework under the direction of barrister Tom Crowther KC, but immediately before Easter, Jess Philips backed down from the enquiries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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