Andy Burnham has defied Sir Keir Starmer to call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs. The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester said he believed there was a case for a “limited national inquiry” drawing on local reviews into historical child sexual exploitation.

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North Northants Council asks for inquiry into grooming gangs

The Labour group on the Conservative-led council says the authority needs to debate the proposal.

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Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham supports a "limited" national inquiry into grooming gangs.

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Andy Burnham risks Labour civil war over grooming gangs inquiry

Downing Street has rejected suggestions that Keir Starmer is wavering in his insistence that a national inquiry into grooming gangs is not necessary.

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Downing Street insists no new inquiry into grooming gangs, but says it will be ‘guided by victims’

The Greater Manchester mayor has said 'there is a case' for a new national inquiry into grooming gangs

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Andy Burnham has defied Sir Keir Starmer to call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs.

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Andy Burnham breaks ranks with Sir Keir Starmer to back grooming gang inquiry

The mayor’s team has in turn criticised the ‘woeful failure of the last Government’ to implement Alexis Jay’s inquiry recommendations

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Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham already urged the Prime Minister to initiate a 'limited' national inquiry

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Labour MP joins calls for national inquiry into grooming gangs | UK child abuse inquiry

Following the defeat of the Tory amendment in parliament last night, No. 10 might have hoped that calls for a public inquiry into grooming gangs are now dying down. But the impetus for such a move has been given fresh life today by another helpful intervention from that well-known Starmer ally, Andy Burnham. Yes, that’s

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Andy Burnham demands grooming gangs inquiry

The pressure is piling on Starmer to u-turn on a public inquiry on the rape gangs scandal. A comms mix-up saw Starmer’s spokesperson claim the Prime Minister was “open-minded” about an inquiry yesterday, only for Lammy this morning to state it’s been “ruled out.[…] Read the rest

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Manchester Labour Mayor Andy Burnham Breaks Ranks with Keir Starmer to Support Grooming Gang Inquiry

Manchester Labour Mayor Andy Burnham Breaks Ranks with Keir Starmer to Support Grooming Gang Inquiry

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