Badenoch's Shocking Meeting with Grooming Victims & Call for New Inquiry

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Tory leader Kemi Badenoch met grooming victims, describing the experience as 'quite shocking'. She's demanding a national inquiry, but faced criticism for not meeting victims earlier. Badenoch believes a new inquiry should examine a 'systematic pattern of behavior' in certain communities. The Conservative government had previously thought existing inquiries would be enough. Badenoch also mentioned the need to address a 'culture of silence' in the state.

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