Grooming gangs can act with ‘impunity’ if Labour’s Islamophobia definition goes ahead, Tories warn The Tories claimed that Labour is only pushing ahead with the new definition to fend off opposition from pro-Gaza candidates

September 23, 2025   

(GB News) Grooming gangs will be given “impunity” to carry out their crimes if a new definition of Islamophobia is passed, the Tories have warned.

Shadow Equalities Minister Claire Coutinho warned that the definition risks enhancing the “culture of censorship” by giving particular groups a “special status” over others.

She suggested Labour is only pushing ahead with the new definition to fend off threats by pro-Gaza candidates at the next election.

New Housing and Communities Secretary Steve Reed has accepted the responsibility of providing a definition after Angela Rayner was forced to quit over her tax affairs.

In 2021, Mr Reed wrote to all Labour local authority leaders, urging them to provide a definition of Islamophobia written up by MPs.

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