Politics LIVE: Keir Starmer and Labour face fury over new grooming gang scandal

Fury has erupted over Labour's decision to water down inquiries into grooming gangs on the "last day of Parliament". Furious Tories warned ministers that “children across Britain have been sexually tortured by gangs of men”. But on Tuesday the Home Office was accused of letting local authorities decide if they want to hold inquiries – despite fears over cover-ups and corruption.

And former Home Secretary James Cleverly declared: "Months ago the Labour government rejected the Conservatives ' call for a national inquiry into rape gangs and announced a watered down version. "Today they watered down their plan more. And did so on the last day before recess, when they knew the commons chamber would be nearly empty.



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