Yvette Cooper unveiled the findings from a review into the grooming gangs scandal today.

Home secretary Yvette Cooper has just revealed the “damning” findings of an independent report into the grooming gangs scandal in the Commons.

The government suddenly U-turned on holding a national inquiry at the weekend, claiming this review from Baroness Casey meant it was now necessary.

Labour was pushing back on calls for a second statutory national inquiry, saying it was focused on implementing all of the recommendations from a 2022 inquiry into child sex abuse from Professor Alexis Jay.

He also accused politicians calling for a national probe of jumping on the “far-right” bandwagon.

Today, Cooper unveiled the findings of Baroness Casey’s probe, attacking the agencies accused of not taking enough action over the last 15 years – and explained what the government planned to do next.

Cooper said Casey’s audit was “damning” and that “victims should never have been let down for so long”.

She claimed there have been 15 years of reports, reviews, inquiries and investigations, noting: “These findings are deeply disturbing, but most disturbing of all, as Baroness Casey makes clear, is the fact that too many of these findings are not new.”

She added: “We have lost more than a decade. That must end now.”

Here’s what you need to know.

What did the report find?

The Casey report had 12 recommendations across its 200-page report, including:

1. ‘We must see children as........

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