Keir Starmer bows to pressure to launch new grooming gangs investigation

<p>New probe and statutory public inquiry will be a means to get ‘truth and justice’, home secretary says</p><p>Keir Starmer has launched a sweeping national operation to investigate grooming gangs and a statutory inquiry into institutional failure, marking a significant reversal after months of pressure on Labour to act.</p><p>The National Crime Agency (NCA), the UK’s top investigative body, has been tasked with leading a coordinated national push to reopen historic group-based child sexual abuse cases and identify offenders who slipped through the cracks of previous police efforts.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/15/keir-starmer-bows-to-pressure-to-launch-new-grooming-gangs-investigation">Continue reading...</a>