Conservative minister calls on Labour MPs to back vote for grooming gangs inquiry

Shadow Education Secretary Laura Trott has taken aim at Labour hypocrisy after Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips became the subject of tech billionaire Elon Musk’s latest criticisms.

As Labour face mounting pressure to tackle historic child abuse amid the grooming gangs scandal, Trott warned that all politicians should be “very careful” about the “language they use”.