UK to Hold National Inquiry into Organised Child Sexual Abuse After Pressure from Musk

The British government announced Saturday it will hold a national inquiry into organized child sexual abuse, something it has long been pressured to do by opposition politicians—and Elon Musk.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would accept a recommendation from an independent reviewer for a judge-led inquiry with the power to summon witnesses.

Starmer said he would "look again" and hold a probe into what the press have dubbed "grooming gangs" of men who prey on often young and vulnerable women.

In some of the most high-profile cases to come to trial, the perpetrators were men of Pakistani heritage, and the issue has been taken up by right-of-center politicians including Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, and stoked by Musk, who took to his X platform to condemn Starmer over the issue.