Grooming gangs inquiry must ‘leave no stone unturned’, Kemi Badenoch says

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A nationwide inquiry into grooming gangs must “leave no stone unturned”, Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has insisted, as she also called on the Government to do more to support victims and their families.Shadow home secretary Chris Philp meanwhile urged the Government to adopt draft terms of reference for the inquiry drawn up by the Conservatives with help from some victims and survivors of abuse.

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00:00and which also, importantly, follows Baroness Casey's recommendations.

00:06I want you to be clear that a national inquiry must leave no stone unturned.

00:12It must investigate councils, the police, and even the government if necessary.

00:18It must be time-limited, and it must consider the role of ethnicity, religion, and other cultural factors.

00:26Baroness Casey's own report admitted that many of these cases are committed by people of Asian and Pakistani ethnicities.

00:35Her own report said that those who downplay the ethnicity of perpetrators are continuing to let down society, local communities, and victims.

00:44We agree.

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