The Daily T: ‘I don't trust Labour one bit' – grooming victim's father on new inquiry
Keir Starmer's decision to U-turn on the launch of a national inquiry into the historic sexual abuse of thousands of young girls hasn't been met with the praise he might have hoped.
The PM's announcement followed a report by Baroness Casey, which found that police and council leaders failed to act against Asian grooming gangs due to fears of being called racist.
But has the Government already lost the trust of victims after months of resisting calls and saying Tories calling for the national inquiry were 'jumping on the bandwagon of the far-Right'?
Earlier today, during a press conference in London by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, victims and campaigners of the grooming gang scandal criticised Starmer's inquiry for not going far enough.
Camilla spoke to Badenoch about why the issue is so personal to her and what the Tories plan to push Labour on in the next stage of the inquiry's timeline. And Tim met to Marlon West whose daughter Scarlett was groomed from age 14 to 18 and said he isn't 'reassured one little bit' that the authorities will face accountability.
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