Starmer to launch national inquiry

SIR Keir Starmer will launch a statutory inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal after resisting calls for months to implement a full national probe.

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The inquiry is likely to include recent high-profile cases in Rochdale and Oldham, with the announcement coming just days after the conviction of seven men who abused two girls in Rochdale.

The Prime Minister said he had read 'every single word' of an independent report into child sexual exploitation by Baroness Louise Casey and would accept her recommendation for the investigation.