Migrants from countries with a “medieval” attitude to women should be barred from coming to Britain, senior Conservatives have vowed.
With the grooming gangs scandal firmly back in the limelight, Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has warned that recent arrivals in the UK hold “backward, frankly medieval attitudes to women”, adding: “We have to be very careful about who is coming into this country.”
His comments have received the backing of one-time leadership rival Kemi Badenoch, who has previously said that all cultures are not “equally valid”.
The Tory leader – echoing calls from Reform UK – has also demanded that foreign nationals found guilty of child sex abuse are deported from Britain.
Jenrick then told the BBC: “I think that we have to be very careful about who is coming into this country, the scale and pace of that immigration so that we can have a much more successful integration policy than we have today.
“I have always said, and it is a point made by Kemi Badenoch, the leader of my party, that not all cultures are equal.”
Badenoch is set to pile pressure on Labour later today to hold a fresh national inquiry into grooming gangs by trying to force a vote in the Commons – and has launched a petition backing the move.
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‘It’s SICKENING!’ Phillipson fumes as Tories move to ‘kill’ Labour’s child safety Bill
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has labelled the Tories’ push to amend Labour’s Children, Wellbeing and Schools Bill to include a national inquiry into grooming gangs “absolutely sickening”.
Speaking to Times Radio this morning, Phillipson accused the opposition of moving to “kill” the Bill – which she vowed would “protect the very children they claim to care about” if passed un-amended.
“We are looking right across the recommendations that Alexis Jay set out and there are crucial recommendations from the review that she carried out,” she said.
“That’s why today we are setting out legislation that addresses many of the wider challenges that we see right across our system. It’s why the Home Secretary announced in the House of Commons the action that we are taking.
“So we are wasting no time in legislating to keep children safe. The question for the Conservatives today is why they are intent on blocking this landmark piece of child protection legislation that would keep the very children safe that they claim they are concerned about.
“They come along today as we set out legislation to protect the very children they claim to care about and they intend to block it and kill it stone dead.
“It is absolutely sickening.”
Musk fumes as Labour MPs to be whipped to vote AGAINST grooming gangs inquiry
Elon Musk has accused ‘Keir Starmtrooper’ of ‘hiding terrible things’
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Labour MPs are set to be whipped to vote against the Tory-tabled amendment to the Children, Wellbeing and Schools Bill demanding a national grooming gangs inquiry today – sparking fury from long-time Starmer critic Elon Musk.
“The mechanism for this amendment would involve the Opposition voting against the entire [Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill],” the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said.
“That means a vote against improved safeguarding measures for vulnerable children, that means a vote against putting more cash in working parents’ pockets by capping school uniform costs.”
But Musk has torn into the PM with yet another fiery claim – accusing “Keir Starmtrooper” of “hiding terrible things”.
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