A Labour minister was grilled on GB News after she denied the government was delaying the national grooming gangs inquiry. The interview followed criticism over Labour's efforts to establish the inquiry. Meanwhile, the Conservative Party has set out new proposals for a judge-led inquiry to replace the delayed investigation . Skills Minister Baroness Jacqui Smith was questioned by host Ellie Costello on GB News about the topic and asked why the inquiry had been delayed.

Ellie asked: "Six months on from the Government formally announcing this national inquiry into grooming gangs, we still don't have a chair and we still don't have the terms of reference laid out.

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