Badenoch claims that the city is affected by rape gangs

CONSERVATIVE leader Kemi Badenoch has claimed Leicester is affected by rape gangs.

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At Prime Minister's Questions yesterday, Ms Badenoch questioned whether Sir Keir Starmer was “dragging his heels” on local inquiries into grooming gangs.

Mrs Badenoch told the Commons: “At least 50 towns are affected by rape gangs, places like Peterborough, Derby, Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester, Rotherham, Rochdale and Preston.”

She said: “In the last year of the Conservative government we had a gangs taskforce that found 500 perpetrators, protecting thousands of victims.