Dan Peters 22 May 2025

EXCLUSIVE: LGA tells councils to hold fire on grooming response

EXCLUSIVE: LGA tells councils to hold fire on grooming response image
Smith Square in the Westminster district. © Pack-Shot / Shutterstock.com.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has urged councils not to respond to a request from a private inquiry into grooming gangs as it considers the implications.

More than £600,000 has been raised to fund the non-statutory inquiry planned by former Reform UK-turned-independent MP Rupert Lowe, according to its Crowdfunder page, which was launched earlier this year.

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