Britain's Home Secretary announced there would be a number of new local inquiries into decade-old allegations of child grooming, weeks after Elon Musk accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of failings.

The UK's interior minister, Yvette Cooper, announced on Thursday that a budget of nearly 6 million euros would be allocated to fund new local investigations into the scandal that has affected dozens of towns in central and northern England since 2000.

Elon Musk forced the Government into commissioning new grooming gangs inquiries, a minister has admitted. Chris Bryant, a junior culture minister, said it was “certainly true” that the billionaire owner of X had “expedited” fresh investigations into the scandal.

The government today announced a new national-level "rapid audit" of grooming gangs, plus up to five new local inquiries. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says the government will launch a national three-month audit, led by Dame Louise Casey, which will examine "cultural and societal drivers" of child sexual exploitation.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said that she does not believe ‘that this Government is being driven by what happens on social media’.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has hit back at Elon Musk, following a barrage of ... furor largely stoked by the world’s richest man Elon Musk. In a statement to lawmakers, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the government has also authorized what ...

UK Interior minister Yvette Cooper also said several new local inquiries into cases of abuse would be launched, bowing to political pressure for further action but stopping short of demands for a new nationwide inquiry.

A former Greater Manchester Police detective who resigned from the force in 2012 to expose the Rochdale grooming scandal has told The i Paper the Government’s plans to address child sexual abuse are “painfully inadequate”.

Labour MP Johanna Baxter also accused Elon Musk of putting the safety of ... she was defended by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, who said the Home Office minister has put the experience of grooming ...

The British government will support new local inquiries into child sexual abuse, responding to a decades-old scandal involving grooming gangs. Following criticisms by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, who accused authorities of ineffectiveness,

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"fresh inquiry could delay meaningful action, re-traumatise survivors, and mislead the public about the realities of child sexual exploitation."