Keir Starmer Slaps Down Andy Burnham After He Calls For National Grooming Gangs Inquiry

Keir Starmer with Andy Burnhamat the launch of Labour's 2024 general election manifesto in Manchester last June.

Keir Starmer has slapped down Andy Burnham after he broke ranks with the prime minister to call for a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal.

The prime minister has insisted that the government’s priority should be to implement the recommendations from Professor Alexis Jay’s own inquiry into child sexual abuse, which reported in 2022.

In the Commons on Wednesday night...