Labour Will Vote Against Tory Call For Public Inquiry Into Grooming Gangs Scandal, Minister Confirms

Alex Davies-Jones and Wilf Frost on Sky News.

A Labour minister has said her party will vote against Kemi Badenoch’s call for a full public inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal.

Alex Davies-Jones said the government was focused on implementing the recommendation of a previous inquiry into the issue, carried out by Professor Alexis Jay when the Tories were still in power.

Jay herself has also said that a fresh inquiry is not needed.

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