Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is set to make an announcement on “child sexual exploitation” this afternoon following a deluge of calls for a Public Inquiry into Britain’s grooming gangs scandal.
Cooper will be addressing the Commons at around 5.30pm today – just hours after Sir Keir Starmer spoke to reporters about the gangs at a press conference in Surrey.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will address the Commons at around 5.30pm
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A Government spokesman said: “No child should ever suffer sexual abuse or exploitation and it is paramount we do more to protect vulnerable children – which is why we are working at pace across Government to drive forward real action to implement the recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, chaired by Professor Alexis Jay.
“The comprehensive independent inquiry ran for seven years and continues to work with survivors of these heinous crimes – and this government is committed to working closely with survivors and expert groups like Act on IICSA.”
More to follow…
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