Labour MPs have blocked an attempt to initiate a national inquiry into grooming gangs.
The amendment put forward by Conservative MPs which would have piled pressure on the Government to hold a statutory inquiry into historic child sexual exploitation was voted down by 364 to 111.
No10 said the amendment would “kill the bill”, with Sir Keir Starmer saying on Wednesday that victims wanted “action now, not the delay of a further inquiry”.
It comes after revelations that Jess Phillips refused to fund an inquiry into historical child sexual abuse in Oldham despite a request from the town’s council.
Kemi Badenoch said that voters would fear a “cover up” if the Government did not order an inquiry at a national level.
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