{"id":210718,"date":"2025-01-08T14:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/sir-keir-starmer-accuses-kemi-badenoch-of-lies-at-pmqs-as-tory-leader-demands-national-inquiry-into-rape-gangs\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:52:13","slug":"sir-keir-starmer-accuses-kemi-badenoch-of-lies-at-pmqs-as-tory-leader-demands-national-inquiry-into-rape-gangs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/sir-keir-starmer-accuses-kemi-badenoch-of-lies-at-pmqs-as-tory-leader-demands-national-inquiry-into-rape-gangs\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Keir Starmer accuses Kemi Badenoch of ‘lies’ at PMQs as Tory leader demands national inquiry into ‘rape gangs’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sir Keir Starmer has accused Kemi Badenoch of “lies” as the Conservative leader called for a national inquiry into “rape gangs”.<\/p>\n

Ms Badenoch used the first Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) of 2025 to continue to push the government to carry out a new national inquiry into the historical grooming gangs scandal, which she called the “rape gang” scandal.<\/p>\n

The Tory leader argued the previous inquiry by Professor Alexis Jay, published in 2022, could not take into account “thousands more victims” that continue to be targeted, so said a new inquiry is needed.<\/p>\n

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“There have been thousands more victims but no one has joined the dots, no one has the total picture and it is almost certainly still going on,” she said.<\/p>\n

“This is one of the worst scandals in British history.”<\/p>\n

The Conservatives tabled an amendment to the Children’s Safeguarding and Schools Bill, being debated after PMQs, to require a statutory inquiry into grooming gangs – which Labour says could kill the entire bill.<\/p>\n

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Ahead of that debate, Sir Keir said: “We have to focus on the victims and survivors.<\/p>\n

“It isn’t helpful. These sort of lies and misinformation and slinging of mud doesn’t help them one bit.”<\/p>\n

The prime minister spoke to victims this morning and said they are concerned another inquiry would delay any action taking place to prevent abuse.<\/p>\n

Ms Badenoch said a victim from Telford had told her she wanted a new inquiry “because it will hold people accountable in a way that previous inquiries have not”, such as the power to summon witnesses and make them give evidence under oath.<\/p>\n

Sir Keir said a new inquiry would delay implementing Professor Jay’s recommendations “until 2031”.<\/p>\n

He accused the Conservatives of failing to implement any of the 2022 recommendations, adding: “They’ve been tweeting and talking. We’ve been acting.”<\/p>\n

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The prime minister said another inquiry should not happen, however, his official spokesman said if victims come to the government asking for another inquiry they would look at it.<\/p>\n

His admission came after safeguarding minister Jess Phillips told Sky News’ political editor Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast “nothing is off the table”<\/a><\/strong> when dealing with the grooming gangs scandal.<\/p>\n

“If the victims come forward to me in this victims panel and they say, ‘actually, we think there needs to be a national inquiry into this’, I’ll listen to them,” she said.<\/p>\n

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The grooming gangs scandal came back into the headlines last week after it emerged Ms Phillips had rejected calls from Oldham Council for a government inquiry into grooming gangs in the town and said the council should carry out one instead.<\/p>\n

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has been using his social media platform X to attack Sir Keir and Ms Phillips since then, and has called for a national inquiry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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