Rishi Sunak says grooming gang crackdown will defy ‘political correctness’

Taskforce to offer ethnicity data to police as Suella Braverman accused of ‘dog whistle’ rhetoric over child sexual exploitation

Rishi Sunak is to announce new measures to tackle grooming gangs on Monday as he claimed that “political correctness” would not get in the way of a crackdown and his home secretary was accused of “dog whistle” rhetoric over child sexual exploitation.

A new grooming gang taskforce will be set up with specialist officers, supported by the National Crime Agency, helping local forces and offering the use of ethnicity data to assist police investigations.