On the afternoon of 16.06.2025, the Rt Hon Yvette Cooper – Home Secretary, delivered an important statement to the House of Commons on the response and recomendations of Baroness Louise Casey’s report into Grooming Gangs.
To read the report, click here: NATIONAL AUDIT ON GROUP BASED CSE & ABUSE.
A number of key highlights and recomendations were made by Baroness Casey which are listed here:
- A lack of reliable data which meant it wasnt possible to assess the scale of the issue
- The ethnicity of the perpetrators is “shied away from” and still not recorded in two-thirds of cases, meaning it is not possible to draw conclusions at a national level.
- Recomendation for both a national police operation to review cases of child exploitation not acted on, as well as a National Statutory Inquiry.
- Tighten laws in England & Wales with regards to rape to ensure that adults who engage in penatrative sexual abuse with a child under 16 is always charged with rape.
- Close the Taxi licencing loopholes to better safeguard children.
Greater Manchester Police, who have been looked at as part of the Casey Review, have stated that they “welcome Baroness Louise Casey’s report and recommendations, and the announcement made by Prime Minister for a national inquiry into grooming gangs. Greater Manchester Police will approach this with openness and transparency and welcome the statutory powers this invokes to ensure complete accountability”.
“we will do all we can to support the national police investigation being led by the NCA, to investigate those cases which were not previously progressed through the criminal justice system”
“Our commitment remains to get justice for survivors and hold those accountable for these vile crimes.”
Our Chief Executive Officer, Duncan, watched the statement presented in Parliament and had a few reflections which you can see in this video.
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