Labour U-turn as court archive now told to STOP deleting vital data used to track grooming gangs

Labour Pauses Mass Court Archive Deletion

After spirited campaigning by pro-justice figures Labour has U-turned on its plans to scrap a courts archive which is crucial to journalists. Lammy's MoJ

Labour U-turn as court archive now told to STOP deleting vital data used to track grooming gangs

Labour has told a court archive to stop deleting its data used to track grooming gangs in its latest U-turn.The Courtsdesk archive said Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and courts service lawyers had ordered it to pause the deletion of its records on Wednesday night.Courtsdesk data could have been used to effectively track and tackle grooming gangs.An analysis from the firm looked at 25,118 cases and found 1,120 victims of child abuse were linked to tw…