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.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has told Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer he risks fuelling accusations of "a cover up" by refusing to hold a national inquiry into grooming gangs. She also accused the PM of not wanting questions asked "of Labour politicians who may be complicit".

Victims want action today, the Prime Minister said, as the Tory leader repeated demands for a national inquiry into rape gangs

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch fires at Keir Starmer that blocking a national inquiry into grooming gangs would lead to some people suggesting a "cover up".

Musk criticised Starmer for failing to prosecute gangs when he was head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Kemi Badenoch has called for a national inquiry into child sexual abuse by the gangs and is expected to seek an amendment to Labour’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

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Kemi Badenoch is to ramp up demands for a national inquiry into the child grooming scandal to end the “culture of cover ups” in British institutions. The Tory leader will deliver a face to face challenge to Keir Starmer to launch a public probe into the sexual abuse of young girls in towns across the country.