(BBC) Victims of grooming gangs have been ignored because of political correctness, Rishi Sunak said as he set out plans for a police taskforce.
Specialist officers supported by the National Crime Agency will be sent to help forces with their investigations, the government said.
And better ethnicity data will help ensure abusers do not evade justice due to “cultural sensitivities,” it added.
Labour said the proposals were “far too inadequate.”
Under the new plans, more data on the make-up of grooming gangs, including ethnicity, would help ensure suspects “cannot hide behind cultural sensitivities as a way to evade justice,” the government said.
