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.

UK ministers have acknowledged the possibility of a new national inquiry into grooming gangs after days of resisting the idea despite pressure from figures including technology billionaire Elon Musk.

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 United Kingdom’s Labour Party blocked a Conservative Party amendment that would have forced a nationwide inquiry into the decades-long

The shadow home secretary has said it is "morally wrong" for the Labour Party to reject a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal. MPs voted down the Conservative Party amendment in the Commons,

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

Victims want action today, the Prime Minister said, as the Tory leader repeated demands for a national inquiry into rape gangs