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He added: “Undoubtedly all of this has been expedited because of the debate that we’ve had over the last fortnight. Undoubtedly.“But look, I think it’s good that we’re having that debate because, as I say, this is one of the most despicable things that we’ve seen in British society for years.”
The Government had previously argued that it should focus on implementing the recommendations of the previous Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) rather than launch further inquiries.Mr Musk, the owner of X, has been using the platform to launch a barrage of attacks on the Government and politicians over the grooming gangs scandal.
They have included Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister**,** who earlier this week said she felt Mr Musk was “endangering her” after labelling her a “rape genocide apologist” and calling for her to be jailed.
In a Commons statement on Thursday afternoon, Ms Cooper also announced a rapid three-month national audit, led by Baroness Louise Casey, to establish the current scale of grooming.
It will focus on the “societal and cultural drivers” and ethnicity of the gangs. Baroness Casey will conduct it before taking up her post solving the social care crisis.
The moves were designed to counter calls for a national inquiry from the Conservatives, Reform UK and some Labour MPs.
Sir Keir Starmer has previously said that victims wanted “action now, not the delay of a further inquiry”.
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