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July 2, 2025
News
UK

WATCH: British Finance Chief Cries After Clashes with PM and Speaker.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: British Chancellor Rachel Reeves was seen with tears rolling down her cheeks in the House of Commons after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer refused to confirm she would remain in her role until the next election.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, and Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch.

📍WHEN & WHERE: During Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday.

💬KEY QUOTE: “The Chancellor is going nowhere. She has the Prime Minister’s full backing.” – Downing Street spokesman.

🎯IMPACT: Market speculation over the Chancellor’s future led to the pound falling by 1.14 percent against the dollar and 0.8 percent against the euro.

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves, roughly equivalent to U.S. Treasury Secretary in the United Kingdom, was visibly emotional in the House of Commons as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer avoided confirming her position as Chancellor would be secure until the next election. A spokesman for Ms. Reeves claimed her breakdown was related to a “personal matter.”

Reports suggested tensions had risen prior to Prime Minister’s Questions, when legislators grill the premier in the House of Commons, with claims of a disagreement between Ms. Reeves and the Prime Minister and a brief rebuke from Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle during Treasury questions. Both No. 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister’s official residence, and No. 11 Downing Street, the Chancellor’s official residence, denied these allegations.

Market reactions were swift, with the pound dropping by 1.14 percent against the dollar and 0.8 percent against the euro, hitting its lowest level since April. This comes amid concerns over the government’s fiscal plans, including a nearly £5 billion (~$6.8 billion) gap in Reeves’s spending proposals due to changes in welfare reforms.

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch criticized the Prime Minister, stating Reeves looked “absolutely miserable” and challenged him to confirm her position. Sir Keir refused, instead responding that Badenoch “certainly won’t” hold her current role as Leader of the Opposition—likely in reference to the fact that Nigel Farage’s Reform Party looks set to displace the Conservatives, and possibly Starmer’s governing Labour Party, too.

Labour’s welfare reforms have faced significant challenges, with Sir Keir forced to scrap key elements to avoid a Commons defeat. Reeves has also stewarded other unpopular policies, such as higher death taxes on family farmers, leading to substantial protests.

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July 2, 2025
Crime
UK

An Anti-Trump, Pro-Trans Pride Organizer Just Got 24 Years for Raping a 12-Year-Old Boy.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Stephen Ireland, co-founder of “Pride in Surrey,” was sentenced to 24 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old boy after meeting him on a gay hook-up app.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Stephen Ireland, 41, and his co-defendant David Sutton, 27, were both convicted of multiple sexual offences against children.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The crimes occurred on April 19, 2024, at Ireland’s apartment in Addlestone, England. Sentencing took place at Guildford Crown Court on October 2024.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Stephen Ireland, who targeted me with endless abuse on here because I oppose the chemical castration of children and the removal of protected spaces for women and girls, has just been sentenced… for child rape.” — J.K. Rowling.

🎯IMPACT: Ireland and Sutton were found guilty of a string of sexual offences.

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Stephen Ireland, co-founder of England’s “Pride in Surrey” LGBT organization, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for raping a 12-year-old boy he met on gay hook-up app Grindr. His co-defendant, David Sutton, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years for separate offences, including making and distributing indecent images of children. Notably, Ireland was a prolific social media users, regularly chastising supporters of U.S. President Donald J. Trump and so-called trans-exclusionary radical feminist (TERF) author J.K. Rowling for opposing child sex changes.

The crimes took place in Addlestone, Surrey, on April 19, 2024, after Ireland invited the boy—referred to in court as “Child A”—to his apartment. Child A, who had been reported missing, told police that Ireland and Sutton engaged in sexual activities with him, played pornography on a laptop, and provided him with a bong containing methamphetamine.

Judge Patricia Lees, presiding over the case at Guildford Crown Court, noted that Ireland “took advantage” of a vulnerable child. The court heard that Ireland supposedly believed the boy was 17 at first but later learned he was younger and chose to proceed regardless, telling the boy, “OK—we just have to keep it a secret.”

Further evidence revealed that Ireland and Sutton exchanged messages about the boy after the encounter, with Ireland describing the child as a “14-year-old baby” and sending Sutton a photo of him. The pair also discussed plans to procure another underage boy for Sutton’s birthday in 2022. Judge Lees condemned their actions, stating, “You definitely supported one another in your perversions.”

Ireland was convicted of multiple charges, including rape, causing a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity, and possession of indecent images of children. Sutton was found guilty of voyeurism and perverting the course of justice. Both men attempted to destroy evidence by deleting material from their phones after being released on police bail.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, regularly berated by Ireland on social media, noted that the pedophile “targeted me with endless abuse on here because I oppose the chemical castration of children and the removal of protected spaces for women and girls” prior to his upcoming imprisonment “for child rape.”

Ireland has previously referred to Trump voters as “not inclusive and accepting of all… trans exclusionary, racist and narrow minded,” and said another Pride organizer who disagreed with him on transgenderism was “not what Pride stands for.”

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June 23, 2025
News
UK

UK Bans Top Palestine Group Under Terror Laws.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Britain’s Home Secretary, roughly equivalent to the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, announced plans to proscribe the group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, Palestine Action, and its members.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The announcement followed an incident on June 20 at the Royal Air Force’s Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire.

💬KEY QUOTE: “The disgraceful attack on Brize Norton in the early hours of the morning on Friday 20 June is the latest in a long history of unacceptable criminal damage committed by Palestine Action.” – Yvette Cooper

🎯IMPACT: Membership and support for Palestine Action will be made illegal under the Terrorism Act 2000.

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Britain’s Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, has announced plans to proscribe the far-left extremist group Palestine Action as a terrorist organization. This decision follows an incident on June 20, where members of the group broke into the Royal Air Force (RAF) base RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire to sabotage two RAF Voyager aircraft.

In a written statement, Cooper said, “The disgraceful attack on Brize Norton in the early hours of the morning on Friday 20 June is the latest in a long history of unacceptable criminal damage committed by Palestine Action.” She added, “The UK’s defence enterprise is vital to the nation’s national security and this Government will not tolerate those that put that security at risk.”

The Home Secretary plans to lay an order before Parliament next week that will make membership and support for the group illegal under the Terrorism Act of 2000. Cooper emphasized that this decision is specific to Palestine Action and does not affect lawful protest groups or other organizations campaigning on Palestinian-related issues.

Palestine Action has claimed responsibility for the incident, stating that they used red paint to symbolize Palestinian blood and caused additional damage with crowbars. The group alleges that the planes are used to “collect intelligence, refuel fighter jets, and transport weapons to commit genocide in Gaza.”

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer condemned the incident, stating, “The act of vandalism committed at RAF Brize Norton is disgraceful. Our Armed Forces represent the very best of Britain and put their lives on the line for us every day. It is our responsibility to support those who defend us.”

Palestine Action has previously engaged in other acts of sabotage, targeting a defence firm facility in August of last year and smashing it up with sledgehammers. The group also violently attacked security staff on site, as well as two police officers, with their sledgehammers.

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June 20, 2025
Christopher Tomlinson
Health
UK

Culture of Death: British Lawmakers Vote for Euthanasia Bill.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: British Members of Parliament (MPs) have voted for a bill that could legalise medically assisted suicide, despite objections from many experts and professionals.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: British House of Commons, vulnerable patients, doctors.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The bill was passed by the House of Commons on June 20.

💬KEY QUOTE: “I do not want to live in a society where anyone is encouraged in the belief that their lives are not valuable,” commented former British Attorney General Jeremy Wright.

🎯IMPACT: The bill could legalise assisted suicide and see many vulnerable people pressured into being euthanized due to inadequate safeguards.

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British Members of Parliament (MPs) have voted to approve a new bill that could lead to the legalization of medically assisted suicide. MPs voted 314 to 291 to pass the euthanasia bill, despite around a thousand doctors warning of the threat it poses to them and their patients.

The so-called Assisted Dying Bill will now go to the House of Lords and must be approved there before being sent to King Charles III to receive the Royal Assent and become law. Critics of the bill have argued that there are not enough safeguards in place for vulnerable people. Notably, MPs rejected an amendment which would have made people who merely feel like a “burden” ineligible for assisted suicide, which could incentivize Britain’s socialized National Health Service (NHS) to keep support for elderly patients minimal, so they become more dependent and more likely to request to be euthanized, reducing NHS costs.

The British Geriatrics Society stated its opposition: “We have significant concerns about the lack of effective legal safeguards that would protect older people from unwarranted harm. The current language in the bill does not protect older people, especially considering the link between frailty and feeling a burden on others.”

The Royal College of Physicians also opposed it, saying that it could divert resources from other NHS operations, and that doctors must have the ability to refuse to euthanise patients. They also warned that there needs to be more stringent safeguards regarding the possible coercion of patients.

Former Attorney General Jeremy Wright commented on the bill’s passage, saying, “I do not want to live in a society where anyone is encouraged to believe that their lives are not valuable.”

The United Kingdom would be just the latest Western country to legalize euthanasia. In Canada, assisted suicide has become one of the leading causes of death in the country since it was legalized in 2016. In 2023 alone, so-called medical assistance in dying (MAID) was responsible for 4.7 percent of all deaths in Canada.

MAID has been deeply criticized after it was revealed that some had been offered assisted suicide because they were disabled or poor. Several Canadian Armed Forces veterans were even pushed toward the program.

The British vote also comes just days after the House of Commons voted to decriminalize abortion up to birth for women, causing many to remark that the country is in a moral crisis.

Image via the House of Commons.

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June 20, 2025
News
UK

Pro-Palestinian Agitators Just Sabotaged Two Military Jets.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Two Royal Air Force (RAF) logistics jets were damaged at Britain’s RAF Brize Norton base by activists from Palestine Action, who infiltrated the base and escaped undetected.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Palestine Action activists, the RAF, and Thames Valley Police, who are leading the investigation.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Overnight into Friday, at RAF Brize Norton, supposedly one of the United Kingdom’s most secure airfields.

💬KEY QUOTE: “This disgraceful act will not go unpunished,” claimed Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

🎯IMPACT: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is reviewing airfield security.

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Two Royal Air Force (RAF) logistics jets were damaged at Britain’s RAF Brize Norton base overnight by activists from Palestine Action, a group engaged in a campaign of sabotage against Israel-linked supply chains since October 7. The activists infiltrated the airfield, damaged the aircraft using paint-filled fire extinguishers and crowbars, and painted a symbol on the runway before escaping undetected.

The Royal Air Force base, a legally protected and supposedly heavily guarded site, faced significant questions about its security after the incident. Group Captain Louise Henton OBE, the base’s Commanding Officer, deactivated her X account following public backlash. The Ministry of Defence has announced a review of airfield security while Thames Valley Police leads the investigation.

The aircraft targeted were Airbus Voyager jets, described by the RAF as its “sole air-to-air refuelling tanker,” as well as capable of carrying passengers, freight, and providing aeromedical support. Footage shared by Palestinian Action shows activists using battery-powered scooters to cross the airfield and spray liquid into one aircraft’s engine. The group claimed they were “decommissioning two military planes” allegedly intended for use in what they described as “genocide… against the Palestinian people.”

While Palestinian Action claims the attack was part of a broader campaign, the UK Defence Journal reports these aircraft are typically used for Operation Shader, the RAF’s mission against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The extent of the damage is still being assessed.

The incident has reignited discussions about the preparedness of Western nations for potential sabotage if a major war broke out. Historically, British intelligence services like MI5 monitored and detained left-wing extremists to prevent such acts during crises. However, it is unclear whether such measures are still in place or effective today.

The National Pulse previously reported on Palestine Action trashing a facility belonging to defense firm Elbit Systems in Bristol, England, and injuring two responding police officers with a sledgehammer in August of last year.

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June 19, 2025
Jack Montgomery
UK

Nigel Farage Is Leaving Britain’s Uniparty in the Dust.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A new poll from Find Out Now shows Nigel Farage’s Reform Party leading nationwide with 31 percent support, far ahead of the governing Labour Party and the formerly governing Conservatives (Tories).

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Reform, Labour, the Tories, the Find Out Now polling firm, and 2,628 Great British adults surveyed.

📍WHEN & WHERE: June 2025, United Kingdom.

🎯IMPACT: The findings represent a seismic shift in British politics and show Reform may be on course to dethrone Labour and the Conservatives, who have led every British government since 1915.

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A stunning new national poll shows Nigel Farage’s Reform Party building an increasingly strong position at the top of Britain’s political landscape, surpassing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer‘s Labour Party and the formerly governing Conservatives. The poll, conducted by Find Out Now, surveyed 2,628 Great British adults, and shows Reform UK polling at 31 percent—far ahead of Labour, at 23 percent, and the Conservatives, at an abysmal 16 percent.

The Liberal Democrats come in at 12 percent, with the Greens at 11 percent. The Scottish National Party (SNP), formerly led by the notorious Humza Yousaf, registered three percent, with “Other” at two percent, and the Welsh independence party Plaid Cymru at one percent.

Reform’s rise appears to coincide with growing disaffection among former Conservative voters, after the party governed from the left and oversaw an unprecedented surge in mass migration from 2010 to mid-2024, and widespread frustration with Labour’s punishing tax policies and failures on illegal immigration. The polling firm notes that the sample is representative across Great Britain—Northern Ireland has a unique party landscape—by sex, age, region, ethnicity, and voting history, and excludes those who said they would not vote or who were undecided.

Reform’s leader, Brexit champion Nigel Farage, has consistently called for tougher immigration controls, tax cuts, and energy independence.

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June 18, 2025
News
UK

Islands Reject Secession After 2-Year Study.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Orkney Islands Council decided to remain part of the United Kingdom after exploring options for greater autonomy, and possibly joining Norway.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Orkney Islands Council, former council leader James Stockan, and current council leader Heather Woodbridge.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Orkney, Scotland, with discussions spanning the last two years.

💬KEY QUOTE: “This is just the start of a more detailed appraisal.” – Council leader Heather Woodbridge.

🎯IMPACT: The council will now focus on reforming public services through a single authority model.

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After two years of exploring potential governance changes, Orkney Islands Council has concluded that remaining part of the United Kingdom is the most viable option for the islands. The council had considered alternative governance models, including a self-governing territory status under Norway, which ceded the islands to Scotland in 1472.

A report presented to the council determined that pursuing greater autonomy would be too costly and complex. Instead, members agreed to explore a “single authority model” aimed at reforming how public services are delivered.

Orkney’s former council leader, James Stockan, had initially proposed exploring constitutional changes, including the possibility of rejoining Norway. His frustrations stemmed from perceived insufficient financial support from both Britain’s central government and Scotland’s devolved government—roughly equivalent to a U.S. state government. In 2021, the council voted 15-6 in favor of investigating governance alternatives. Stockan stepped down from his leadership role in January 2022.

Current council leader Heather Woodbridge emphasized during a recent meeting that discussions on the single authority model are still in the early stages. “This is just the start of a more detailed appraisal,” she said, signaling that implementation is not guaranteed.

The Scottish government has expressed interest in applying the single authority model to other council areas, including the Western Isles, where U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s mother, Mary, was born. Details and timelines for implementation are expected to be published before the end of the current parliamentary session.

Scotland has a longstanding separatist movement, but in a 2014 referendum, the Scots voted to remain part of the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom was founded by the Acts of Union in 1707, following the earlier Union of the Crowns in 1603, which saw the King of Scots ascend the English throne and establish a dual monarchy.

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June 17, 2025
Christopher Tomlinson
Immigration
UK

Gunfire, Hammer Attacks at European Migrant Camp Leave Two Dead.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Two Sudanese migrants are dead after attacks at a makeshift migrant camp.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Two Sudanese migrants, Iraqi and Afghan suspects, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The shootings took place near Dunkirk, France, on June 14.

💬KEY QUOTE: “For several consecutive days there have been shootings and hammer attacks at migrant camps in northern France. Two dead and several wounded. The gangs are getting more dangerous by the day.” — Nigel Farage.

🎯IMPACT:  The violence underscores the criminality of some migrants looking to cross the English Channel illegally.

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Two migrants who were likely looking to cross the English Channel illegally have been shot dead at a makeshift migrant camp along with five others who were wounded in attacks. The migrants, both Sudanese nationals, were killed on June 14 at a migrant camp near the French city of Dunkirk amid rising tensions at the camp.

Two of those injured in the attacks are a woman and a child who is only two years old. Two migrants, a 29-year-old Iraqi and a 16-year-old Afghan, have been arrested by police in connection with the slayings.

Reform Party leader Nigel Farage commented on the violence at the makeshift camp, which hosts around 1,500 illegal immigrants. “For several consecutive days there have been shootings and hammer attacks at migrant camps in northern France. Two dead and several wounded. The gangs are getting more dangerous by the day,” Farage warned.

Many who reside in the camp are looking to cross the English Channel by boat to the United Kingdom. So far this year, over 16,700 migrants have made it across the Channel, including over 900 in a single day in 14 small boats recently.

The leftist Labour government has claimed it will tackle criminal people smuggling gangs, but the number of arrivals is up 42 percent compared to last year, and one of its first acts on regaining office in last year’s elections was terminating a scheme to offshore migrants to Rwanda.

Many migrants who make it to Britain are housed in hotels around the country, costing British taxpayers as much as $10 million per day.

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June 16, 2025
Jack Montgomery
UK

BREAKING: Trump, Starmer Sign UK-US Trade Deal at G7.

President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have confirmed a trade deal between the United States and the United Kingdom at the G7 summit in Canada. The British were able to negotiate a trade deal as a result of Brexit—which Starmer opposed—repatriating control over trade policy from the European Union (EU).

“This now implements on car tariffs and aerospace, a really important agreement, and so, this is a very good day for both of our countries,” said Starmer, adding, “Thank you again, Donald.”

Trump, who is half-British through his late mother, was similarly positive, calling the British “great people.”

However, the announcement may prove somewhat politically embarrassing for Starmer, of the far-left Labour Party, due to a mishap involving the trade deal documents. Trump accidentally dropped several pages, prompting Starmer to stoop and pick them from the ground in a subordinate posture.

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President Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer have confirmed a trade deal between the United States and the United Kingdom at the G7 summit in Canada. The British were able to negotiate a trade deal as a result of Brexit—which Starmer opposed—repatriating control over trade policy from the European Union (EU). show more
June 16, 2025
Crime
UK

Investigators Ignored Grooming Gang Demographics, Admits Report.

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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A report on grooming gangs in Britain revealed systemic failures and a pattern of blaming victims for crimes committed against them.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Baroness Louise Casey, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, and police forces across Britain.

📍WHEN & WHERE: Report released on Monday, June 16, 2025, addressing grooming gang issues in Britain.

💬KEY QUOTE: “Children as young as 10 plied with drugs and alcohol, brutally raped by gangs of men and disgracefully let down again and again by the authorities who were meant to protect them.” – Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.

🎯IMPACT: The government announced new measures, including statutory data collection on perpetrators’ nationality and ethnicity.

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A “deeply disturbing” report by Baroness Louise Casey has exposed widespread institutional failings in how authorities handled grooming gang crimes across Britain. The review found that Asian and Pakistani-background men were vastly overrepresented among suspects involved in child sexual grooming gang activity.

The report also found victims—many girls aged just 10 to 15—were wrongly blamed, often dismissed as “wayward teenagers” instead of vulnerable children being raped and exploited.

“If we’d got this right years ago—seeing these girls as children raped rather than ‘wayward teenagers’ or collaborators in their abuse, collecting ethnicity data, and acknowledging as a system that we did not do a good enough job—then I doubt we’d be in this place now,” Baroness Casey wrote.

British Home Secretary Yvette Cooper—roughly equivalent to the Homeland Security Secretary in the U.S.—vowed swift action on 12 key recommendations, including a new time-limited national inquiry, treating grooming gang abuse as serious and organised crime, and tracking data on offenders’ ethnicity and nationality. The National Crime Agency (NCA) will reopen over 800 cold cases.

“This is one of the most horrific crimes,” Cooper told Members of Parliament (MPs), issuing an “unequivocal apology” to survivors. “Children as young as 10 plied with drugs and alcohol, brutally raped by gangs of men and disgracefully let down again and again by the authorities who were meant to protect them.”

Baroness Casey’s 200-page report criticised the historic refusal to collect ethnicity data and warned this silence had “only helped the bad people.” She also called for criminal records of victims coerced into illegal activity to be overturned and said stricter laws were needed to ensure men who have sex with under-16s face rape charges.

The inquiry comes after years of public outcry. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer backed the new probe after facing mounting pressure from the right, including criticism from Elon Musk and Reform Party leader Nigel Farage.

Children’s charity Barnardo’s warned against delaying reforms, urging the government to implement existing recommendations immediately. “Children and survivors have already been waiting many years for action,” said CEO Lynn Perry.

Grooming gang activity remains ongoing, with perpetrators now often targeting victims online or in vape shops, the report found.

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