0h 4min, jan 2, 2025 y - Badenoch calls for National Inquiry into 'Rape Gangs'

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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has called for a full national public inquiry into the UK's "rape gangs scandal".

It comes after Home Office minister Jess Phillips rejected Oldham Council's request for a government-led inquiry into historical child sexual exploitation - saying the council should lead it instead.

Her decision, taken in October, was reported by GB News on Wednesday and then picked up by Elon Musk on his social media platform X, and several senior Tories.

Shadow Home Office minister Chris Philp told the BBC the time had come for a national inquiry, with powers to "compel witnesses to come forward", to get "to the truth".

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