Nandy denies Labour ‘governs by social media’ over grooming gang review

Well, well, well. Britain’s grooming gangs scandal is still dominating the headlines and pressure is piling on the Labour government to conduct a probe into matter. The Tories and Reform UK are adamant there should be a national government-led inquiry, while Twitter CEO Elon Musk has persistently taken aim online at Starmer’s army over the issue.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper finally announced an urgent national review of the scale of grooming gangs yesterday, with Louise Casey – who conducted an investigation into abuse in Rotherham – to lead the three-month review. But the Labour lot aren’t out of the firing line just yet, with the move raising questions about whether the new government are simply bowing to online pressure.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast this morning, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy insisted this was not the case. She told presenters:

We’re not a government that governs by social media. We govern for the real world.