Yvette Cooper, Home Secretary

Yvette Cooper has accused Labour’s critics of spreading “party political misinformation” around the government’s plan to investigate local grooming gangs.

The home secretary announced a three-month review into such groups in January while putting £5m a side for five local inquiries, although she only named Oldham.

It came about Labour refused to launch another national inquiry into grooming gangs, after tech magnate Elon Musk revived the issue at the start of the year.

Home Office minister Jess Phillips then updated the Commons this week by saying there would be “flexible approach to support full independent local inquiries and more bespoke work, including local victims’ panels or locally led audits of the handling of historical cases”.

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