Starmer on Saturday said he had accepted the need for a national inquiry into grooming gangs on the recommendation of Baroness Louise Casey, whose near 200-page report into the scandal will be published on Monday.

The Home Office has announced a nationwide police operation tackling grooming gangs ahead of the release of a major report into the issue. Sir Keir Starmer confirmed on Saturday a national inquiry will be held into institutional failings that led to thousands of children being sexually exploited by gangs across the UK.

After years of public outcry, multiple local reviews, and political hesitation, the UK government has announced a full national statutory inquiry into grooming gangs and institutional failures that enabled decades of child sexual exploitation.