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Mr Robinson'It looks as if Labour have dropped their pledge to investigate the institutional rape of children'.From MailOnline -'Labour has today been accused of making an 'utterly shameful' and politically motivated decision to water down a pledge to investigate grooming gangs targeting young girls.Sir Trevor Phillips, the former chairman of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, lashed out after Jess Phillips appeared to row back on a pledge made by the Home Secretary in January.After the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) found institutional failings and tens of thousands of victims across England and Wales, Yvette Cooper announced a £5million plan for probes in Oldham and up to four other pilot areas'.So no national enquiry as to the scope and size of the problem but the issue simply left int the hands of the local councils where these offences took place.Offences said to have been carried out by men of Pakistani origin upon white British girls in council care, are going to be allowed to be investigated by the councils themselves regarding whether or not they acted responsibly and quickly enough to stamp it out and prosecute the offenders.Might there not be a conflict of interest were the council to be run by men of a similar ethnic and cultural background ?Jess Phillips is the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley.A member of the Labour Party, she has served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls !Still, Labour would not want to antagonise the 'Muslim vote' which is the largest religious block in her constituency would it !Two tier justice ?!

John Hawkes ● 81d