Cooper Claims ‘Police Investigations are Better’ After Blocking Local Rape Gang Inquiries

Yvette Cooper is this morning having to defend Labour’s decision to scrap the five small-scale rape gang inquiries in Oldham, Rochdale, Telford, Rotherham, and Bradford. Former EHRC chief Trevor Phillips did not mince his words on that one yesterday…

Cooper’s line is that “we’re actually increasing the action that we are taking on these vile crimes, increasing the action around local inquiries and also around around investigations increase in police investigation.[…] Read the rest