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Grooming gangs rhetoric ‘will lead to violence,’ warns Wes Streeting | LBC
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6:42Now PlayingThe inflammatory language surrounding the grooming gangs debate is at risk of escalating, Wes Streeting has warned.
Pointing to the Christchurch massacre in New Zealand, the Health Secretary says Brits of Pakistani heritage are 'more fearful now' as a result of Elon Musk's incessant Twitter tirades about the issue.
Paul Brand is joined by Mohammed Amin, the former Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum. LBC also hears from the CEO of The National Association for People Abused in Childhood, Gabrielle Shaw.
For the first time, police have started to gather data on the extent of group-based offending in England and Wales alongside the ethnicity of perpetrators.
Preliminary data for 2024 suggests around four per cent of child sexual abuse reports, where the ethnicity of a suspect is available, had a person of Pakistani heritage at the centre of it, compared to 85% which had a white suspect.
When it comes to grooming gangs, the proportion of recorded offences with a Pakistani suspect increased to 13.7%, compared to 63% white.
The ethnicity data is, however, only available for around a third of police recorded crimes.
Richard Fewkes, director of the Hydrant Programme, which oversees the national police response to child abuse and exploitation, told LBC the background of offenders broadly reflects the UK population.
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