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š¬š§ Labour blocks grooming gang inquiry into Starmerās conduct as CPS head
Sir Keir Starmer was the director of public prosecutions from 2008-2013, which includes the years of the grooming gang scandal
Labour has blocked an inquiry into Sir Keir Starmerās conduct as the head of the Crown Prosecution Service while investigating the Oldham child grooming scandal.
Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, refused to launch a public inquiry into historical sexual abuse by gangs in Oldham, saying it was for the council to decide whether one was necessary.
The scandal was one of several across the country in which dozens of girls were abused by British Pakistani gangs.
Police forces and prosecutors often did not take action for fear of being called racist or Islamophobic a failing Sir Keir addressed in 2012 when he was running the CPS as the director of public prosecutions.
Elon Musk, the US tech billionaire, and Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, led criticism of the decision to block an inquiry, as revealed by GB News earlier this week.Ā
Writing on his social media platform X, Mr Musk claimed Ms Phillips ādeserves to be in prisonā over the ādisgracefulā decision, which he suggested had been taken to protect the Prime Minister.
He said: āWho was the head of the CPS when rape gangs were allowed to exploit young girls without facing justice? Keir Starmer, 2008ā2013.
In a later post, Mr Musk described the Prime Minister as ātwo-tier Keirā, claiming there was āno justice for severe, violent crimes but prison for social media postsā.
Mrs Badenoch said: āThe time is long overdue for a full national inquiry into the rape gangs scandal. Trials have taken place all over the country in recent years, but no one in authority has joined the dots ā 2025 must be the year that the victims start to get justice.ā
However, she was rebuked by Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, who said: āTalk is cheap. The Conservatives had 14 years in government to launch an inquiry. The establishment has failed the victims of grooming gangs on every level.ā
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