Baroness Louise Casey’s rapid audit has found that a “culture of blindness, ignorance and prejudice” allowed grooming gangs to operate for decades in the UK, with authorities repeatedly failing vulnerable victims as young as 10.
Day: 17 June 2025
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Tuesday’s UK newspaper front pages heavily focus on the release of the report into grooming gangs. An audit by Baroness Louise Casey revealed shocking details that included officials ‘covering up the race of the perpetrators due to fears of flaming tensions – despite evidence showing an overwhelming number of perpetrators were from a Pakistani/ Asian background.
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Tuesday’s newspaper front pages are dominated by the newly released audit led by Baroness Louise Casey into grooming gangs. The papers react to the details within the report especially focusing on the fact that authorities “shied away from the ethnicity” of the perpetrators over fears of raising racial tensions.
The front pages leave space to report on the G7 summit, including the UK and US signing a trade deal and Donald Trump leaving the G7 early as the Middle East crisis escalates and commentators speculate if the US military is about to enter the crisis.
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Tuesday’s UK headlines are dominated by the ongoing backlash after a report into grooming gangs in the UK was released. The media is reading through the 197-page audit, and reacting to the details. The UK government has announced a full national inquiry to begin soon.
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Baroness Louise Casey’s 197-page audit has exposed “blindness, ignorance and prejudice” in institutional responses to UK grooming gangs, revealing a shocking pattern of failing to protect vulnerable children—some as young as 10—over the past 15–20 years.
At the G7 summit in Canada, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump formally approved a UK‑US trade deal targeting aerospace and automotive sectors.