Conservative response to Keir Starmer's refusal to hold a full national inquiry

Chris Philp MP, Shadow Home Secretary, said:

“It is disgraceful that Keir Starmer is smearing people who are concerned about rape gangs as jumping on a “far right” bandwagon, rather than facing up to his own record on this and reconsidering his refusal as prime minister to hold a full national inquiry.

“As Kemi Badenoch said yesterday, a new inquiry must go beyond previous inquiries and focus specifically on the institutional and political failings that enabled the systematic and barbaric attacks to take place.

“If Keir Starmer can't see why people across the UK are keen to have these questions answered and proper accountability for the victims of this heinous scandal, it just shows how out of touch he really is.

“We have heard reports from a former Labour MP that he was instructed by the then Parliamentary Labour Party Chair to avoid referring to child sex abuse allegations and the background of the perpetrators.  I call on Keir Starmer to apologise for this on behalf of the Labour Party.”