Oldham Council leader: Town has become 'target for the far-right' after grooming gangs exposure

Oldham Council leader: Town has become 'target for the far-right' after grooming gangs exposure

Oldham Council leader Arooj Shah has said that the area has become a "target for the far-right" amid the surge in coverage on the national grooming gangs scandal.Her intervention comes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said that politicians calling for a national inquiry were jumping on the "bandwagon" amid the "poison of the far-right".Shah made her comments in an opinion piece for the website LabourList.The Labour politician said: "Sadly, …