Senior Labour figures are now completely split over whether there should be an inquiry following this week's Commons showdown.

A GB News investigation has found Britain's grooming gangs were overwhelmingly represented in areas where Labour holds big majorities. The bombshell revelation comes as the party voted down a proposed national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal on Wednesday.

A child sex abuse inquiry backed by Labour did not properly investigate grooming gangs, critics have said...

The rape and torture of vulnerable girls by gangs of men across the country has shot to the top of the political agenda in recent days after Elon Musk attacked Labour over its response. That came after safeguarding minister Jess Phillips rejected an appeal from Oldham Council for a government-led inquiry into the issue.

An attempt by the Conservatives to have the government set up a national inquiry into grooming gangs has been voted down by 364 votes to 111 votes, a margin of 253. The amendment was attached to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill,

The UK’s opposition Conservative Party will seek a vote in parliament on Wednesday calling for a national inquiry into so-called child grooming gangs, in an effort to pose a political problem for Keir Starmer’s Labour government while winning the attention of billionaire Elon Musk.

Cumbrian MPs have joined with their colleagues in rejecting a Conservative push for another national inquiry into grooming gangs.

A push for another national inquiry into grooming gangs, which the Prime Minister labelled as a "wrecking amendment", has been rejected following a vote by MPs. The Government’s draft child protection legislation cleared its first Commons hurdle on Wednesday following a bitter Prime Minister’s Questions in which Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said failing to back a probe would fuel concerns about a “cover-up”.

BASINGSTOKE'S MP Luke Murphy voted against establishing a national inquiry into grooming gangs. A bid by the Conservatives to launch a new national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal was shot down by Labour MPs who voted against the amendment to the Children's Wellbeing Bill by 364 to 111 on January 8.