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MPs vote against new national inquiry into grooming gangs

  • MPs voted against a new national inquiry into grooming gangs after Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips refused requests for the Home Office to lead it, stating that Oldham Council should commission its own inquiry instead.
  • Oxfordshire County Council announced there will be no inquiry into a child sex abuse ring of 21 men operating in Cowley Road from 1998 to 2012, despite previous investigations resulting in multiple convictions.
  • The Serious Case Review by the Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board found as many as 373 children may have been sexually exploited, criticizing the police and council for many errors and a culture of denial.
  • Robbie Moore, MP for Keighley and Ilkley, accused local leaders of refusing to launch an inquiry, while the Bradford District Safeguarding Children Partnership stated a public inquiry would not provide new learning on the issue.
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