Keir Starmer to launch national inquiry into grooming gangs | Politics

Keir Starmer will launch a national inquiry into grooming gangs after receiving the recommendations of an independent report on the scandal.

The prime minister said a new statutory inquiry was “the right thing to do” based on the findings submitted by Louise Casey, who has carried out a months-long inquiry into the abuse of young girls.

Speaking to reporters travelling with him to the G7 summit in Canada, Starmer said Casey recommended “a national inquiry on the basis of what she has seen”.

“I have read every single word of her report and I am going to accept her recommendation. That is the right thing to do on the basis of what she has put in her audit,” he said. “I shall now implement her recommendations.”

Asked to set out a timeline for the inquiry, Starmer said: “It…