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Kemi Badenoch describes 'quite shocking' meeting with grooming gang victims

Kemi Badenoch described a meeting with grooming gang victims as 'quite shocking' and emphasized the need for a national inquiry into their stories.
The government stated that another national inquiry is unnecessary after a seven-year inquiry published in 2022 by Professor Alexis Jay.
Badenoch mentioned that grooming gang perpetrators are 'peasants' from 'sub-communities' and called for accountability and justice for victims.
Labour MP Sarah Champion also called for a locally led national inquiry into grooming gangs.

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Oxford Mail

Oxfordshire agencies 'failed young girls' abused by grooming gangs, PCC says

A "lack of openness and honesty" harmed victims of an Oxford-based grooming gang, Thames Valley's police and crime commissioner, Matthew…

1 month ago·Oxford, United Kingdom

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Sky News UK

Kemi Badenoch says grooming gang abusers are 'peasants' from 'sub-communities' in other countries

The Tory leader has called for a new national inquiry into grooming gangs that looks at two cultural issues - of the perpetrators and the "culture of silence".

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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Guido Fawkes

Kemi: 'Peasants' from 'Sub-Communities' Make Up Rape Gangs

Badenoch, who was first to call for a national inquiry into the rape gangs after Oldham’s request was blocked by Jess Phillips, told GB News in a sit-down interview with Charlie Peters that what “most extraordinary about this case is that clearly these people thought that they could get away with it.[…] Read the rest

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The Telegraph

Badenoch blames grooming gangs abuse on people from ‘peasant backgrounds’

Tory leader says where perpetrators come from and ‘culture of silence’ surrounding scandal are ‘issues’ to investigate

1 month ago·London, United Kingdom

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BBC News

Meeting with grooming victims 'shocking' - Badenoch - Business Fast

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has met survivors of grooming gangs in Oldham and Rotherham, describing the meeting as “quite shocking”. Speaking to GB News, she said it was “extraordinary” hearing victims describe going “to the authorities multiple times… and in one particular case the police actually handed her, a 12-year-old, into the hands of her […]

1 month ago·United Kingdom

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