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Religion, police and education leaders unite with grooming survivors to demand immediate government action

Exclusive: A coalition of 65 charities is pushing home secretary to act on key recommendations from child sexual abuse inquiry

The Independent UK

Liz Truss sends Starmer cease and desist letter over claims she crashed economy

The letter claims that suggestions she ‘crashed’ the economy are ‘false and misleading’.

Evening Standard

CEOs react to Zuckerberg’s message to Trump

Also: Trump considers "state of emergency," eBay stock soars on Facebook news.

Fortune

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All British politicians should immediately distance themselves from the foreign interference of Elon Musk

British politics entered the new year in a state of online siege from the incoming US government’s ironically named “efficiency tzar” and discourse provocateur (aka “troll”), Elon Musk.

The Conversation

Starmer to keep saying Truss crashed economy despite legal letter, No 10 suggests – as it happened

PM’s spokesperson asks whether Truss ‘will write to millions of people who felt her economic record pushed their mortgage bills up’

The Guardian - UK

Truss sends cease and desist to Starmer demanding he stop saying she crashed the economy

Downing Street said the prime minister ‘absolutely stands by’ his comments on the previous government’s record

The Independent UK

Elon Musk’s rage-fests on X make it clear that he wants something. I think I know what it is

The billionaire appears to have a David Brent-like desire to be seen as an entertainer. Please let him get back to conquering Mars, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

The Guardian - UK

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Jess Phillips faced ‘deluge of hate’ after Elon Musk grooming gangs comments

Mr Musk’s comments followed Labour’s decision to decline a Whitehall-led inquiry into child sexual abuse.

Evening Standard

Civil service morale worsened despite improving pay levels, survey finds

Whitehall Monitor report also said churn increased as three new departments created under Rishi Sunak

The Guardian - UK

David Lammy set to unveil ‘world’s first sanctions regime’ to tackle people smuggling gangs

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to discuss cooperation on the issue with Emmanuel Macron on Thursday

The Independent UK

UK plans to sanction people-smugglers in latest bid to stop perilous Channel crossings

Britain says it will impose sanctions on members of people-smuggling gangs who send migrants crossing the English Channel to the U.K. in flimsy boats

The Independent UK

Post-cold war peace ‘well and truly over’, warns David Lammy

Foreign secretary says keeping the British people safe means standing up to Russia

The Guardian - UK

UK plans world’s first sanctions regime tackling people smuggling gangs

Sir Keir Starmer said the move would cripple the ‘illicit finance rings’ powering people smuggling operations.

The Independent UK

Moment MPs reject Conservative bid to launch another grooming gang inquiry

MPs rejected a Conservative bid to push for another national inquiry into grooming gangs by 364 votes to 111 in a vote in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 8 January.

The Independent UK

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British Lawmakers Reject National Inquiry Into Grooming Gang Scandal

British lawmakers reject national inquiry into U.K. grooming gang scandal, sparking debate on child sexual abuse issue.

The Independent UK

Mapped: How did my MP vote on grooming gang amendment?

The amendment to Labour’s flagship Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill received 111 Ayes and 364 Noes, majority 253.

The Guardian - UK

Tories’ Pavlovian response to Elon Musk’s tweets leads to shameless PMQs

Kemi Badenoch wanted an inquiry because she wanted an inquiry. Why was that difficult to understand?

The Guardian - UK

Labour sees off Tory ‘bandwagon’ call for new inquiry into sexual abuse gangs

Ministers condemn Conservative attempt to block child wellbeing and schools bill with ‘shameful’ amendment

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The Independent UK

Brexiteer meltdown as Starmer makes May’s chief EU negotiator Foreign Office chief mandarin

Sir Oliver Robbins’ appointment is being seen as a signal of intent for Starmer’s plans to reset relations with the EU

The Guardian - UK

Does UK need another national inquiry into rape and sexual abuse gangs?

Has there been a cover-up or a lack of action over ‘grooming gangs’, and why is Elon Musk supporting Tommy Robinson?

Evening Standard

OPINION - This is another scandal: Britain is letting grooming gang criminals out of prison early

What happened to children at the hands of Pakistani-heritage rape gangs and how the police and councillors failed society’s most vulnerable, has been hauled back into the public spotlight by Elon Musk. For many of us rereading the details, it has been a sickening experience.

The Guardian - UK

‘Dispiriting’: factchecker reacts to Meta’s move to scrap role

Mark Zuckerberg accused fact-checkers in US of making biased decisions

The Independent UK

Starmer urged to scrap funding for Musk’s firms after billionaire receives £190m from UK taxpayers

Exclusive: Firms owned by Elon Musk have raked in more than £190m of taxpayer cash since 2016, sparking calls for Keir Starmer to prevent any further public funds going to the billionaire’s sprawling business empire

The Independent UK

Jess Phillips has ‘security bolstered and told not to go out alone’ after Elon Musk attacks

It comes after Elon Musk launched into a furious social media tirade against the home office minister

The Independent UK

Badenoch accused of ‘fundraising off the back of child sex abuse victims’ in latest Tory party email

A party political email sent out to Tory members on Tuesday had a donation button a few lines below a call for a national inquiry into grooming gangs

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