Labour MP joins calls for national inquiry into grooming gangs

Dan Carden says government must heed calls for justice and show whose side it on'

A Labour MP has become the first to break ranks and publicly call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs and has urged the prime minister to use the full power of the state to deliver justice".

Keir Starmer and other ministers have suggested they are open-minded about a future inquiry but have said the government's priority is acting on the recommendations of the 2022 report on child sexual abuse led by Prof Alexis Jay.