Overview
- Home Office minister Mike Tapp told GB News the inquiry should identify any link between ethnicity, race, culture and child rape so it can be addressed.
- Tapp posted the interview clip to X and defended his stance as backing Baroness Casey’s recommendation to examine such factors within the inquiry’s remit.
- At least one Labour MP has lodged a formal complaint with party whips, with others expressing unease, and the matter is under discussion according to New Statesman reporting.
- Shabana Mahmood previously signalled that ethnicity and religion would be investigated, consistent with the Casey audit’s call for examination despite acknowledged national data gaps.
- Metro highlighted Metropolitan Police figures showing that in early 2024, 85% of group-based child abusers were white and 3.9% were Pakistani, as commentary condemned Tapp’s phrasing and warned of feeding far-right narratives.