It’s understood that the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will announce a plan to implement local inquiries into grooming gangs in a statement to the Commons later.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is expected to speak in the House of Commons at 13:30 GMT about child sexual exploitationFor weeks, the government has faced calls for a new national inquiry into grooming gangsThe issue was reignited at the start of the year when it emerged that safeguarding minister Jess Phillips turned down a request for government help with an inquiry in OldhamThe Conservatives, Reform, a handful of Labour MPs, and billionaire Elon Musk, have all called for a national inquirySo far Downing Street says its focus is on implementing the recommendations from a previous, wide-ranging inquiry into child sexual abuse Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to make Commons statement on grooming gangs

The home secretary also said there would be an audit into the ethnicity and demographics of gangs and their victims.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will be giving a statement to Parliament on grooming gangs today, the House of Commons has confirmed. With Labour under increasing pressure to launch a national Public Inquiry into the rape gangs scandal,