Liverpool Walton MP Dan Carden becomes the first Labour MP to demand an inquiry into the Asian grooming gangs who targeted white working class girls

A Labour MP has publicly called for a national inquiry into grooming gangs, becoming the first of the parliamentary party to break away from Keir Starmer. The government has said now is not the time for another inquiry because it is focused on delivering action for victims based on the recommendations from Professor Alexis Jay’s 2022 report into the scandal.

Dan Carden says Government must heed public’s call for justice and the PM should ‘use the full power of the state to deliver’

US-based tech tycoon Elon Musk has heaped praise on the first Labour MP to break ranks with Sir Keir Starmer by calling for a national inquiry into Rotherham's child grooming gangs.

A Labour MP has broken ranks to back calls for a national inquiry into grooming gangs. Dan Carden, who represents Liverpool Walton, urged Sir Keir Starmer to "use the full power of the state to deliver justice".

Walton’s Dan Carden has accused his party in government of ‘failing to take the high ground’ in a strongly worded statement, making him the first Labour MP to publicly call for a new inquiry over groo

A Labour MP has backed calls for a national inquiry into grooming gangs, urging Sir Keir Starmer to “use the full power of the state to deliver justice”. Dan Carden, who represents Liverpool Walton, is the first Labour MP to break ranks and call for an inquiry.

Dan Carden is the first Labour MP to publicly call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs, saying he was speaking out as "over the decades there have been far too few Labour voices expressing clea

Ministers must be clear whether the UK has a serious problem with rape and grooming gangs, the government's independent adviser on political violence has said. Lord Walney expressed sympathy with ministers' reluctance to launch a public inquiry,