Labour’s Local Grooming Gang Inquiries Criticized for Lack of Powers to Compel Witnesses

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Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, is facing criticism for her approach to addressing the issue of grooming gangs in the UK. Despite the Government allocating £5 million for five initial local inquiries, modeled after the judge-led investigation in Telford, critics argue that the lack of statutory powers to compel witnesses will hinder the efforts to uncover the full truth.

 

The first inquiry will take place in Oldham, marking a reversal of the Home Office’s previous decision not to support such investigations. This change came after significant criticism, including comments from tech billionaire Elon Musk on social media platform X. In a statement to the Commons, Cooper also announced a rapid three-month national audit led by Baroness Louise Casey. This audit aims to establish the current scale of grooming, focusing on the societal and cultural drivers as well as the ethnicity of the gangs. Following this, Baroness Casey will move on to address the social care crisis.

 

These measures have been designed to counter demands for a comprehensive national inquiry from various political figures, including Conservatives, Reform UK, and some Labour MPs. However, Cooper's approach has been met with disapproval from within her party. Senior Labour politicians, such as Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, and Sarah Champion, MP for Rotherham, have voiced concerns over the lack of statutory powers in the local inquiries. Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, labeled the local inquiries as "wholly inadequate," given that the problem affects up to 50 towns.

 

“These local inquiries won’t have the legal powers under the Inquiry Act 2005 to compel witnesses to attend, take evidence under oath, and requisition written evidence,” Philp stated. He emphasized that victims, the public, and even Labour leaders like Burnham want a full national public inquiry with the necessary powers to compel evidence. Echoing these sentiments, Sarah Champion highlighted that without statutory powers, local inquiries would only ensure no cover-ups if they had the ability to compel witnesses.

 

Despite the criticism, Cooper defended the local inquiry approach, arguing that they can provide more detailed, locally relevant answers and changes than a nationwide inquiry. She revealed plans to utilize the Government’s new “duty of candour,” a legal obligation on public servants, including police, to tell the truth. This measure aims to hold those involved in cover-ups or resisting scrutiny accountable, ensuring that truth and justice are upheld.

 

Tom Crowther, who led the Telford inquiry, will establish a national framework for these local investigations, starting with Oldham and four other pilot areas. Additionally, Cooper asked police forces to review and potentially reopen cold cases related to historic child sexual exploitation and abuse allegations. The police’s Child Sexual Exploitation Taskforce is also tasked with improving the collection of ethnic data on perpetrators and victims, following evidence that some abuse allegations were suppressed to avoid damaging community relations.

 

Official data recently revealed that individuals of Pakistani descent are up to four times more likely to be reported for child sex grooming offenses than the general population. This has intensified the call for robust action and thorough investigations to address the systemic issue of grooming gangs in the UK. 

 

Based on a report by Daily Telegraph 2024-01-18

 

 

[James105]

5 hours ago, Social Media said:

Despite the Government allocating £5 million for five initial local inquiries,

 

They managed to find £117 million to "protect mosques" following the brutal slaying of little girls in a Taylor Swift dance class, but can only spare £5 million to investigate the industrial scale rape of children by Pakistani men with impunity due to the cover up by those same councils they now want to put in charge of investigating themselves?

 

Every single day Labour find a way to antagonize the British people.   Are they just nonces themselves and see nothing wrong with little girls being raped or is there a more sinister agenda here?  

[The Cyclist]

40 minutes ago, James105 said:

Every single day Labour find a way to antagonize the British people.   Are they just nonces themselves and see nothing wrong with little girls being raped or is there a more sinister agenda here?  

 

Even though I think that the majority of them are nothing more than cabbages. I just cannot imagine that they really are so blindingly stupid that they cannot see what they are doing.

 

So I can only conclude that they are part of a more sinister agenda, and are willingly facilitating that agenda.

[mikeymike100]

3 hours ago, James105 said:

 

They managed to find £117 million to "protect mosques" following the brutal slaying of little girls in a Taylor Swift dance class, but can only spare £5 million to investigate the industrial scale rape of children by Pakistani men with impunity due to the cover up by those same councils they now want to put in charge of investigating themselves?

 

Every single day Labour find a way to antagonize the British people.   Are they just nonces themselves and see nothing wrong with little girls being raped or is there a more sinister agenda here?  

The only conclusion must be it's a huge cover up, to protect a certain demographic! So yes it is very sinister!

[Chomper Higgot]

3 hours ago, James105 said:

 

They managed to find £117 million to "protect mosques" following the brutal slaying of little girls in a Taylor Swift dance class, but can only spare £5 million to investigate the industrial scale rape of children by Pakistani men with impunity due to the cover up by those same councils they now want to put in charge of investigating themselves?

 

Every single day Labour find a way to antagonize the British people.   Are they just nonces themselves and see nothing wrong with little girls being raped or is there a more sinister agenda here?  

A bit of missing out why it was necessary to protect t mosques, communities and business pre uses across the nation.

 

[James105]

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

A bit of missing out why it was necessary to protect t mosques, communities and business pre uses across the nation.

 

 

The UK is sending £133 million in foreign aid to Pakistan this year.   It is not even spending 10% of that amount on an inquiry in the UK into why Pakistani men were able to rape tens of thousands of little English girls with impunity that was covered up by left leaning councils, police and social workers.   

[DaveBart]

2 tier kier has to much to hide along with certain policemen and Muslim MPs,a lot of the Muslim MPs were local councillors when this was happening,and 2 tier kier was DPP at the time as well 

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, James105 said:

 

The UK is sending £133 million in foreign aid to Pakistan this year.   It is not even spending 10% of that amount on an inquiry in the UK into why Pakistani men were able to rape tens of thousands of little English girls with impunity that was covered up by left leaning councils, police and social workers.   

Tens of thousands?

[Bkk Brian]

13 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Tens of thousands?

Well its more than 10,000.................

[James105]

9 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Tens of thousands?

 

Yes, tens of thousands but the numbers are always going to be estimates due to leftist nonces covering up the crimes so that these girls could be raped with impunity.  We do know that there were at least 1400 known victims in Rotherham and 1000+ in Telford.  These rape gangs were operating in 50+ towns.   Do the maths.   

 

You realise when something is covered up (as it so obviously has in this case) then it is difficult to get the true number... right?  

[sammieuk1]

We have been relentlessly infiltrated and our weak woeful politicians have bent the knee and the neck by the look of Starmer🤔

 

 

[The Cyclist]

Inquiry into Marsden Immigration Centre has now been upgraded to a full Statutory Inquiry.

 

Illegal Channel hoppers getting, what raped and abused British Children cannot get.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/18/home-office-upgrades-inquiry-into-kent-immigration-centre-after-legal-challenge

 

Broken Britain at its finest. utterly goosed.

[James105]

8 minutes ago, The Cyclist said:

Inquiry into Marsden Immigration Centre has now been upgraded to a full Statutory Inquiry.

 

Illegal Channel hoppers getting, what raped and abused British Children cannot get.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/18/home-office-upgrades-inquiry-into-kent-immigration-centre-after-legal-challenge

 

Broken Britain at its finest. utterly goosed.

 

Looks like today's effort by Labour to further antagonize the British people has been accomplished.  How much more the people of the UK can take of this is a unknown but it has to be getting close to boiling point.  I don't think even the UK, which is probably the most patient, tolerant country in the world can handle much more of this.  

[Bkk Brian]

Even the survivors are outraged at this measly sum for such rapid enquires that will achieve little. It actually only works out at 1 million per enquiry.

 

Oldham gang rape survivor blasts ‘appalling’ Labour plan for local grooming inquiries and ‘rapid audit’

The home secretary also pledged five new local inquiries, including one in Oldham, backed by £5million in government funding in a statement to the Commons.

However Ms Walker-Roberts, 31, insists the probes must be put on a statutory footing to have any effect and called the £5million of additional funding “absolutely shocking”.

“If that’s £5million for five inquiries, that’s £1million each,” she said, adding that the Telford inquiry, which the local probes will be modelled on, cost far more.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/grooming-gang-inquiry-oldham-survivor-b2681683.html

[James105]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kv2nvj1eo

 

Amreaz Asghar, 47, jailed for 4 years 6 months for rape

Perwaz Asghar, 50, - 6 years 6 months for two indecent assaults

Mohammed Din, 47, - 14 years for 11 counts of rape

ajid Mahmood Khan, 45, - 3 years for rape

Zehroon Razak, 47, - 6 years, 6 months for rape

Ibrar Hussain, 47, - 5.5 years for rape

Imtiaz Ahmed, 62 - 9 years but has fled the country

Fayaz Ahmed, 45 -7 years but has fled the country

 

In other news, Andrew McIntyre was jailed for 7.5 years for making some very unpleasant social media posts which somehow is considered a crime worthy of a longer sentence than raping a child in most cases in comparison to the above.    

[billd766]

4 hours ago, James105 said:

 

The UK is sending £133 million in foreign aid to Pakistan this year.   It is not even spending 10% of that amount on an inquiry in the UK into why Pakistani men were able to rape tens of thousands of little English girls with impunity that was covered up by left leaning councils, police and social workers.   

Meanwhile British men and women are homeless on the streets of the UK.

[JonnyF]

No lack of power.

 

A lack of balls, morals and motivation.