Has the Government Changed its Mind on Grooming Gang Inquiries?

政府是否改变了对诱骗团伙调查的决定?

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2025-01-17

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The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced five government-backed local inquiries and a new national-level "rapid audit" of grooming gangs. The government faced calls for a full national inquiry after interventions by tech billionaire Elon Musk. Adam is joined by Henry Zeffman, chief political correspondent, and social affairs editor Alison Holt. And the ceasefire vote in Israel is delayed as airstrikes continue in Gaza. Adam also speaks to Lyse Doucet, chief international correspondent. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Shiler Mahmoudi and Nancy Geddes. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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  • Now, the year started with Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, the social network, calling for, well, a lot of stuff, but particularly a national inquiry into child grooming gangs in the uk.

  • Now, that was resisted by Keir Starmer, who said the better thing to do would be to implement all the recommendations of a previous inquiry into child sexual abuse.

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  • Well, today the government changed its position and there are going to be inquiries and there will be a national element.

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