In a fiery exchange that dominated the first PMQs of 2025, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch took aim at Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his refusal .

Lawmakers from the ruling Labour Party have slammed the opposition for attempting to kill the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill by tabling an amendment that would force the new inquiry, while blocking the bill at the same time.

Today, we look at the debate over a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal playing out in the House of Commons. The issue was voted on because of an amendment to a Labour bill that will introduce changes to the education system.

The Prime Minister will be ‘guided by the victims’, his official spokesman said, following a Commons showdown over a new inquiry.

Kemi Badenoch's bid for a new national inquiry on grooming gangs has been rejected by Labour MPs. The Tories tabled an amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill demanding a new probe. But MPs voted rejected the motion by 364 votes to 111,

Sir Keir Starmer directly urged Kemi Badenoch to drop her call for a national inquiry on grooming gangs because it would mean derailing legislation aimed at bolstering the safety of children. At Prime Minister's Questions Sir Keir said a further inquiry could delay action on tackling child sexual abuse,