Keir Starmer has slammed Kemi Badenoch for demanding a national inquiry into child grooming gangs despite never mentioning it while she was a minister. The Conservative Party is planning on voting down Labour’s Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill this afternoon in favour of an amendment calling for a fresh probe.

Kemi Badenoch has dramatically failed in her attempt to sabotage the government's child welfare legislation in a bid to get another national inquiry into grooming gangs - see hjow your MP voted

The row between Kemi Badenoch, Keir Starmer, Elon Musk, and others, centres around a series of high-profile cases where groups of men - mainly of Pakistani descent - were convicted of sexually abusing and raping predominantly young white girls around the UK.

Kemi Badenoch has not met any grooming or child sexual abuse victims as part of her campaign for a national inquiry into the scandal, her spokesman has said.

The Tory leader's spokesman said she didn't need to meet with victims, because she's read all about it in the media - and had no current plans to meet with anyone - but denied she was jumping on an El

Today, we look at the debate over a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal playing out in the House of Commons. The issue was voted on because of an amendment to a Labour bill that will introduce changes to the education system.

A push for another national inquiry into grooming gangs, which the Prime Minister labelled as a "wrecking amendment", has been rejected following a vote by MPs. The Government’s draft child protection legislation cleared its first Commons hurdle on Wednesday following a bitter Prime Minister’s Questions in which Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said failing to back a probe would fuel concerns about a “cover-up”.

At a heated Prime Minister's Questions session, Kemi Badenoch and Keir Starmer debated the need for a national inquiry into systemic grooming gang crimes. Badenoch demanded accountability and transparency,

PMQs: Starmer and Badenoch clash on Grooming Gangs scandal

Nigel Farage continued his war of words with Kemi Badenoch as he slammed the Tory leader for failing to call for a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal whilst the Conservatives were in power.

Sir Keir Starmer directly urged Kemi Badenoch to drop her call for a national inquiry on grooming gangs because it would mean derailing legislation aimed at bolstering the safety of children. At Prime Minister’s Questions Sir Keir said a further inquiry could delay action on tackling child sexual abuse,