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The Tories might restrict immigration from international locations with an “alien culture”, Robert Jenrick has advised.

Mr Jenrick warned “some” of the “millions of people” arriving within the UK have “medieval attitudes to women”.

The feedback provoked a livid backlash on Tuesday, with some claiming Kemi Badenoch ought to sack the shadow justice secretary.

Asked if he stood by the feedback, first revamped the weekend, the senior Tory informed GB News: “Yes, absolutely.

“We have seen millions of people enter the UK in recent years and some of them have backward, frankly medieval attitudes to women.

“We’re talking about thousands, potentially tens of thousands of young girls, being tortured and raped.

“I will not disguise or sanitise my language simply to ensure that some people are not offended. We must ensure we speak the truth. We got into this mess because people tried to hide away from the truth and tip-toe around this issue.”

Mr Jenrick also claimed that Pakistani men are “over-represented in those who are involved in the grooming gangs”.

The three most infamous baby intercourse gang instances – Rotherham, Rochdale and Telford – all had preparators predominantly of Pakistani and South Asian first rate.

Mr Jenrick stood by his declare that the grooming gangs scandal “started with the onset of mass migration”.

Asked if he was saying that the nation’s immigration coverage needs to be modified to cease individuals with such attitudes from coming to the UK, Mr Jenrick informed 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.”

He added: “I have always said, and it is a point made by Kemi Badenoch, the leader of my party, that not all cultures are equal. We should be very careful about who is coming into this country and the scale of immigration.”

Daisy Cooper, the deputy chief of the Liberal Democrats, mentioned: “Robert Jenrick’s attempt to exploit this appalling scandal for his own political gain is completely shameless. He didn’t lift a finger to help the victims when a minister, now he’s jumping on the bandwagon and acting like a pound shop Farage.

“Kemi Badenoch should sack him as shadow justice secretary and condemn his divisive comments, instead of letting him run a leadership campaign under her nose.”

Conservative chief Kemi Badenoch is pushing for a nationwide inquiry after tech billionaire Elon Musk used his X platform to launch a barrage of on-line assaults on the Government over the problem.

Prof Alexis Jay produced a report on grooming gangs in Rotherham in 2014 after which chaired the nationwide inquiry into varied types of baby sexual abuse which reported in 2022.

The slew of messages on X from Mr Musk on the problem attacking Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and safeguarding minister Jess Phillips got here after the Government declined to fee an inquiry into sexual exploitation in Oldham, insisting it needs to be locally-led.

Prof Jay declined to reply when requested whether or not she felt US billionaire Mr Musk knew what was happening in Oldham, however added: “I have heard very little in the last few days about the appalling and lifelong effects that child sexual abuse can have on people.”

She mentioned she is happy that the subject material and the suggestions made by her inquiry are getting consideration “but this is definitely not the way I would have chosen for it to happen”.

She acknowledged that plans for brand spanking new laws introduced by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper on Monday had occurred faster than they could in any other case have achieved.

“It (the row) may well have given it some kind of impetus to move forward,” she mentioned.

Prof Jay’s inquiry famous that “many of the high-profile child sexual exploitation prosecutions have involved groups of men from minority ethnic communities” however an absence of information means it’s “impossible to know whether any particular ethnic group is over-represented as perpetrators of child sexual exploitation by networks”.

Child groomers are to be given longer jail sentences underneath more durable legal guidelines.

Grooming might be handled as a statutory aggravating issue when judges sentence offenders for specified baby intercourse offences together with rape and sexual assault.

It will imply judges might be required by legislation handy down a further size of time in jail on high of the sentence the groomer receives for any sexual offence dedicated in opposition to the sufferer.

Downing Street on Tuesday insisted it has not been pressured to implement a few of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s suggestions amid the continued row.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman mentioned: “The Government has been working since it came into office on measures to protect children, to halve violence against women and girls.

“On necessary reporting, the Prime Minister and Home Secretary known as for these adjustments 10 years in the past. Work on the necessary reporting felony offence, the write-round for that kicked off final yr and clearly has simply concluded forward of the announcement, so clearly that work’s been ongoing for a while.”

He added: “It’s vital the Government explains to the general public how significantly the Government is taking this concern, so I feel it is pure in response to the current protection the Government explains what the Government’s been doing on this area.

“As Alexis Jay spoke about… the Government has been engaged with her, with victims’ groups, since the election it’s been working on a number of these measures.”