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Hello there, I'm Alicia McCarthy,

and this is the Today in Parliament podcast for BBC Radio 4 for Tuesday, the 2nd of September,

where the government's accused of making almost no progress on plans to investigate grooming gangs.

My office has been in contact with survivors in Oldham today, and they have heard nothing.

But a minister defends the time it's taking to set up an inquiry.

We are determined to ensure that every survivor of grooming gangs gets the support and justice they deserve.

Also on this programme, Labour and the Conservatives clash over whether reforms of English local government

represent a new era or just a money grab.

And a Lib Dem warns that the future of British steelmaking is under threat.

With Putin's barbaric war in Europe and Donald Trump's damaging tariffs causing economic turmoil,

securing the future of steel production in this country is more important than ever.

But first, more than 1,200 cases of grooming and child sexual exploitation

which had been closed without action being taken are to be reviewed.

In a common statement, the safeguarding minister said the priority would be 216 that involved allegations of rape.

Jess Phillips gave the figures as she updated MPs on how the government was fulfilling the recommendations of review by Lady Casey

into the failure to tackle grooming gangs. In her report, Louise Casey recommended a national

police operation to hold perpetrators to account and the mandatory collection of data on the

ethnicity of suspects in child sexual abuse cases.

Jess Phillips set out what would happen now.

We expect policing to meticulously pour over these cases

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