UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has launched a long-overdue nationwide inquiry into the systemic failure of British authorities to address the scandal of grooming gangs operating across the country-marking a major reversal in his government’s previous stance and signaling a renewed commitment to justice for the victims. The announcement comes after months of growing criticism, including high-profile condemnations from tech billionaire Elon Musk, and renewed media attention on the decades-long abuse crisis.

The inquiry, which will now be led by the National Crime Agency (NCA), aims to uncover how local authorities, police forces, and elected officials repeatedly failed to protect vulnerable girls, many of whom were abused by organized gangs over the course of several years. The perpetrators, often men of predominantly Pakistani heritage, targeted underage girls-many from troubled backgrounds-engaging in systematic rape, physical abuse, and psychological torture.

The issue of grooming gangs has been a recurring and politically sensitive topic in the UK for over a decade. Scandals in towns like Rotherham, Rochdale, Telford, and Oxford have revealed not just the horrific extent of the abuse but also shocking levels of institutional indifference, negligence, and in some cases, outright cover-up. Despite multiple local and regional investigations, calls for a national statutory inquiry had long gone unheeded-until now.

Speaking to reporters on the eve of the G7 summit in Canada, Starmer appeared to backtrack on his earlier resistance to a formal........

© Blitz