Britain's Home Secretary announced there would be a number of new local inquiries into decade-old allegations of child grooming, weeks after Elon Musk accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of failings.

The UK's interior minister, Yvette Cooper, announced on Thursday that a budget of nearly 6 million euros would be allocated to fund new local investigations into the scandal that has affected dozens of towns in central and northern England since 2000.

The Home Secretary has written to firms including Elon Musk’s X and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta telling them to urgently review content.

The home secretary announced a plan for local grooming gang inquiries and backing for victims following pressure to support them and find out why the scandal happened.

(Alliance News) - Failing to remove extreme videos from social media could lead them to inspire further attacks like the Southport atrocity, Yvette Cooper has warned big tech companies.

Britain will back new local inquiries into child sexual abuse across the country, the government said on Thursday, after weeks of criticism by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk stirred renewed concern about a decades-old scandal over grooming gangs.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has hit back at Elon Musk, following a barrage of ... furor largely stoked by the world’s richest man Elon Musk. In a statement to lawmakers, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the government has also authorized what ...

The UK government backs local inquiries into organised child sexual abuse gangs, following controversy sparked by Elon Musk's comments.

Politics Live: Elon Musk attacks 'evil' Starmer Mr Musk made the comments ... It was among a package of measures unveiled by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper on Monday, including making it a criminal offence if professionals who work with children fail to ...

Chris Bryant said the X owner's grooming gangs comments had "expedited" the government's response to the scandal.

The government announced a raft of new measures to address the grooming gangs scandal after rejecting a national inquiry

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