UK apologises to thousands of grooming victims as it toughens law

Any adults who engage in penetrative sex with a child under 16 will now face the most serious charge of rape, interior minister Yvette Cooper told parliament, as authorities launched a nationwide crackdown on the gangs. The announcement came as a damning report, written by parliamentarian Louise Casey, was published into the decades-long scandal, which has affected towns and cities across Britain. In it she writes about how institutions failed the victims, and how the young girls and women were often blamed for their own abuse.