Testimonies from the UK grooming gang inquiry were read into the parliamentary record on Monday by British MP Rupert Lowe, who called for a national investigation with stronger powers.
The accounts came from a privately funded Rape Gang Inquiry chaired by Lowe, who leads the Restore Britain party. The testimonies described long-term sexual exploitation, violence and abuse of young girls in grooming gang cases.
Lowe said the cases showed patterns similar to those documented in official reviews in Rotherham, Rochdale and Telford. He urged Parliament to support a wider inquiry into institutional failures
🚨Rupert Lowe MP read harrowing grooming gang survivor testimonies in Westminster today.
• “Race did play a part…almost exclusively white girls”
• Girls as young as 13 raped by hundreds of men over years
• Care home staff delivered them to abusers at the front door
• Police… pic.twitter.com/8V5xC80qN5
— Gauci Reports (@GauciReports) June 1, 2026The 2014 Jay Report estimated that at least 1,400 children, mostly girls aged 11 to 15, were exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013. The report identified most known perpetrators in that case as men of Pakistani heritage.
Official reviews of grooming gang scandals found that local councils, police and social services failed to act for years. The reviews cited concerns over racism accusations and community tensions among the factors that affected institutional responses
Lowe used the debate to argue that a national inquiry should have stronger powers to compel evidence and examine failures across multiple towns.
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