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Child abuse victims slam Tories' racialised rape gang inquiry demands
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp arrives at BBC Broadcasting House in London, to appear on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, December 15, 2024

A CHILD sexual abuse victim has slammed “despicable” Tory calls for a national inquiry into why “rape gangs” appear “overwhemingly of a South Asian background.”

Historian Louise Raw today told the Morning Star that like her, fellow survivors have been left “deeply hurt by the exploitation of their pain for political ends.”

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