The UK's interior minister, Yvette Cooper, announced on Thursday that a budget of nearly 6 million euros would be allocated to fund new local investigations into the scandal that has affected dozens of towns in central and northern England since 2000.

"fresh inquiry could delay meaningful action, re-traumatise survivors, and mislead the public about the realities of child sexual exploitation."

UK culture minister Lisa Nandy has rejected claims that Elon Musk’s slew of social media posts about grooming gangs pushed the government into a climbdown on the scandal. On Thursday, home secretary Yvette Cooper announced an audit looking into the current scale and nature of “gang-based exploitation” across the country,

Whistleblower Maggie Oliver said urgent action is needed to uncover the truth about child sexual exploitation and deal with the horrendous issue

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said that she does not believe ‘that this Government is being driven by what happens on social media’.

Britain's Home Secretary announced there would be a number of new local inquiries into decade-old allegations of child grooming, weeks after Elon Musk accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of failings.

Elon Musk forced the Government into commissioning new grooming gangs inquiries, a minister has admitted. Chris Bryant, a junior culture minister, said it was “certainly true” that the billionaire owner of X had “expedited” fresh investigations into the scandal.

The government today announced a new national-level "rapid audit" of grooming gangs, plus up to five new local inquiries. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says the government will launch a national three-month audit, led by Dame Louise Casey, which will examine "cultural and societal drivers" of child sexual exploitation.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says government will also undertake a ‘rapid’ review of child sexual abuse in the UK.

Home secretary Yvette Cooper has announced a £10m plan for a series of local inquiries into grooming gangs, saying "far too little action has been taken" on the issue. In a statement to the Commons, Cooper said despite previous inquiries into child sexual exploitation "victims were ignored,

The British government says it will support a series of local inquiries into organized child sexual abuse in the wake of a furor largely stoked by the world’s richest man Elon Musk.

Starmer hits back at Musk after ‘constructive’ Trump talks as PM eyes Poland security pact - Sir Keir Starmer said he had learned to focus and ‘shut off the noises’ when asked again about the slew of