The Prime Minister has announced that there will be a complete national statutory inquiry to decorate the gangs.
Sir Kir Stmper said that he had accepted the recommendations of an audit by Barrows Lewis Casey in the nature and evidence of data and group-based child sexual abuse.
Baronic Casey recommended that a national inquiry requires, he said. The investigation will cover England and Wales.
For months, Sir Kir has faced criticism for not being ready to install one.
At the beginning of the year, the government rejected the call for a national inquiry, arguing that it had already been investigated. Eg equal,The year investigation led by Professor Alexis J.
But talking to reporters on the way to the G7 summit, which begins in Canada tomorrow, the Prime Minister said: “I never said that we should not see any issue again.”
He said that Barona Casey originally thought that a new investigation was not necessary, but he had changed his mind to focus on it in recent months.
Sir Kir said, “He has come to the idea that there should be a national inquiry on the basis of what he has seen.”
“I have read every word of his report, and I am going to accept his recommendation.
“I think this is the right thing, on the basis of what he has placed in his audit.
“I asked him to do that work, to re -examine it.
“He has done that work for me, and after reading his report … I will now implement his recommendation.”
He said that “it would take some time” to establish the inquiry, but said that “this will be legal under the inquiry Act”.
This means inquiries Will be able to force witnesses to provide evidence.
This was “coordinated a series of targeted local investigations” by a senior government source.
This will include a new local inquiry, which local officials do not want one, even if it will be.
The local investigation will have the power to give evidence to be given and forced to reveal witnesses.
Home Secretary Yett Cooper is expected to make a statement in the Commons on Monday, and the report of Barrows Casey will be published with it.
Earlier this year, The Grooming Gangs Issue was converted into a spotlight, partially fuel by Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who criticized the Prime Minister for not conducting a national inquiry.
A line between the two focused on high-profile cases where men, mainly of the Pakistani dynasty, were held guilty of sexual abuse and rape of young white girls mainly in cities such as Roderham and Roshadale.
In January, government Stopped from starting a statutory national inquiry Despite the idea of ​​getting support from some labor MPs, despite grooming the gangs.
Instead, Cooper announced a “rapid” three-month audit, headed by Bairoyon Casey, in the nature of group-based child sexual abuse and in evidence on the scale.
Cooper said that the review would include investigating demographics of gangs and their victims, as well as “cultural drivers”.
The Home Secretary also unveiled schemes for five government -backed local inquiries – to be nominated in Oldham and four other areas so far.
Baronic Casey review, which began in January, was about to take three months And there was a delay.
Earlier this month, Home Office Minister Jess Philips apologized for the delay, saying that Baronon Casey requested “short expansion” and the report was expected to “very soon”.
Conservatives have long been calling for a nationwide investigation into gangs that groomed gangs, with the power to force people to give evidence for a long time.
Reacting to Saturday’s announcement, party leader, Kemi Badenoch said: “Keer starrer doesn’t know what he thinks until an official report told him so.
“Like he dismissed concerns about winter fuel payments and then had to U-turn.
“I have been repeatedly calling for a full national inquiry since January.
“This is about the time when he recognized that he made a mistake and apologized for six wasted months.”
Reform UK leader Nigel Faraj called the decision “a welcome U-turn”.
In a post on X, Faraj wrote: “A complete statutory investigation, correctly conducted, will highlight many failures of the British establishment. I repeat the ‘correct words’ – it may not be a whiteness.
“It’s time for victims to get justice and face full strength of law for criminals.”