Keir Starmer has slammed Kemi Badenoch for demanding a national inquiry into child grooming gangs despite never mentioning it while she was a minister. The Conservative Party is planning on voting down Labour’s Children Wellbeing and Schools Bill this afternoon in favour of an amendment calling for a fresh probe.

Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch will go head-to-head at PMQs in a week dominated by Elon Musk's attacks on the Government over a grooming gang public inquiry - which the Tories now want

THE credibility of both Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch is on the line over the grooming gang scandal that has horrified the nation.

Musk criticised Starmer for failing to prosecute gangs when he was head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Kemi Badenoch has called for a national inquiry into child sexual abuse by the gangs and is expected to seek an amendment to Labour’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Tech tycoon Elon Musk tweeted ‘prison for Starmer’ and claimed previous Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown committed an ‘unforgivable crime against the British people’

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has told Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer he risks fuelling accusations of "a cover up" by refusing to hold a national inquiry into grooming gangs. She also accused the PM of not wanting questions asked "of Labour politicians who may be complicit".

PMQs: Starmer and Badenoch clash on Grooming Gangs scandal

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch will today ramp up demands for a public probe into the child grooming scandal to end the "culture of cover ups" in British institutions.

Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Conservatives of prioritising winning support on Elon Musk’s social media site above protecting children by pushing for a vote on a new nationwide child grooming investigation.