MPs voted down the Tories' proposal to launch a fresh inquiry last night - but the issue is not likely to go away.

Lawmakers in Britain have voted down an amendment to set up a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal. The amendment was attached to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which would have been killed had the vote passed.

The Conservatives have tabled an amendment proposing an inquiry into grooming gangs, but if the vote passes new laws protecting children will be delayed.

Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips’ decision to block a public inquiry into the Oldham grooming gangs seems, from the outside, to be almost inexplicable. Children were raped and abused by gangs of men while the authorities failed to protect them.

The survivor of a brutal grooming gang has called on the Government to launch a national inquiry into the scandal...

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

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch have finished their fiery exchanges, which focused largely on their disagreements on whether there should be another national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal.

Kemi Badenoch's bid for a new national inquiry on grooming gangs has been rejected by Labour MPs. The Tories tabled an amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill demanding a new probe. But MPs voted rejected the motion by 364 votes to 111,

PMQs: Starmer and Badenoch clash on Grooming Gangs scandal