NSPCC warns against framing grooming gangs problem as ethnicity-based
by Peter Walker from on (#6AE4A)
Sir Peter Wanless welcomes creation of taskforce but says there must be a focus on more than just race'
The NSPCC and experts on grooming gangs have warned ministers against framing the issue as one based around ethnicity, warning this could hamper efforts to tackle a crime that a Home Office report said was carried out predominantly by white men.
One expert said Suella Braverman, who has argued that grooming gangs are almost all" made up of British Pakistani men, appeared more focused on presenting hard-right talking points" than tackling the wider issues over child sexual abuse.
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