The UK's interior minister, Yvette Cooper, announced on Thursday that a budget of nearly 6 million euros would be allocated to fund new local investigations into the scandal that has affected dozens of towns in central and northern England since 2000.

Elon Musk forced the Government into commissioning new grooming gangs inquiries, a minister has admitted. Chris Bryant, a junior culture minister, said it was “certainly true” that the billionaire owner of X had “expedited” fresh investigations into the scandal.

Britain's Home Secretary announced there would be a number of new local inquiries into decade-old allegations of child grooming, weeks after Elon Musk accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of failings.

The government today announced a new national-level "rapid audit" of grooming gangs, plus up to five new local inquiries. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says the government will launch a national three-month audit, led by Dame Louise Casey, which will examine "cultural and societal drivers" of child sexual exploitation.

The British government says it will support a series of local inquiries into organized child sexual abuse in the wake of a furor largely stoked by the world’s richest man Elon Musk

In a statement to lawmakers, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the government has also ... has risen up the political agenda in the U.K. after Musk recently took to his X platform highlighting ...

Live" cast member Chloe Fineman has no regrets about calling out X owner Elon Musk for making her cry when he hosted "SNL."

Keir Starmer will give a last-minute address to Britain after admitting the state 'failed' the tragic Southport victims and there are 'grave questions to answer'.

"fresh inquiry could delay meaningful action, re-traumatise survivors, and mislead the public about the realities of child sexual exploitation."

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said that she does not believe ‘that this Government is being driven by what happens on social media’.

The chair of the Telford grooming gang inquiry will work with the government to develop similar investigations in other British towns.

Britain will back new local inquiries into child sexual abuse across the country, the government said on Thursday, after weeks of criticism by US billionaire Elon Musk stirred renewed concern about a scandal over grooming gangs.