UK's Labour government dismissed Conservatives' call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs, arguing it would delay crucial child protection legislation.

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

A push for another national inquiry into grooming gangs, which the Prime Minister labelled as a "wrecking amendment", has been rejected following a vote by MPs. The Government’s draft child protection legislation cleared its first Commons hurdle on Wednesday following a bitter Prime Minister’s Questions in which Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said failing to back a probe would fuel concerns about a “cover-up”.