GB News National Reporter Charlie Peters has warned that Baroness Casey's upcoming grooming gangs report could "shock the nation" with findings so severe that the government fears potential civil unrest.
Speaking on GB News, Charlie said: "There's reports saying that there is nervousness inside Government, particularly in Downing Street, that this report could spark civil unrest. Its contents are said to be so stark and so severe that the findings will shock the nation."
The report, which could be published as early as Monday, comes after Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced the three-month national audit in January.
Charlie noted that last August's summer disorder included rioting in Rotherham, adding: "There have now been more convictions for that one day of rioting in Rotherham than there have been for 25 years of grooming gang activity."
Charlie Peters says the Government fears 'civil unrest'
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The Home Office is expected to publish the review next week, with sources familiar with the report telling The Sun that Baroness Louise Casey specifically links illegal migration with violence against vulnerable girls.
Charlie Peters said it is claimed fears are ramping up in the Home Office that knowledge of the connection between undocumented arrivals and grooming gangs could trigger more civil unrest.
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Peters warned of the political danger facing Sir Keir Starmer, stating: "This report could come back as early as Monday, potentially before PMQs on Wednesday. Imagine the danger that Sir Keir Starmer would be in having constantly rejected a national inquiry for six months."
The Government has consistently resisted calls for a national inquiry from the Conservatives, Reform UK and some Labour MPs over the past six months.
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The timing of the report coincides with Friday's conviction of seven men for sexually exploiting two teenage girls in Rochdale between 2001 and 2006.
The men, aged between 41 and 67, groomed the victims from age 13, treating them as "sex slaves" after plying them with drugs, alcohol and cigarettes.
Detective Superintendent Alan Clitherow of Greater Manchester Police acknowledged past failures, saying: "There was information at the time that police and other agencies could, and should, have done something with and we didn't."
Sharon Hubber, Rochdale Borough Council's director of children's services, apologised: "We know that more could and should have been done by the people who were working here at the time, and for that we are truly sorry."
Grooming gang activity in Britain is still extensiveGB NewsThe convictions are part of Operation Lytton, with 37 individuals charged so far and five more trials scheduled from September.
The Times reports that Sir Keir Starmer is expected to be told that white British victims were "institutionally ignored for fear of racism", with the new report recommending the Prime Minister launch a national inquiry to explore perpetrators' race and allegations of a cover-up.
Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, called for Wednesday's parliamentary vote on the issue, telling The Telegraph: "If they vote against a proper inquiry next week, it will be a day of shame for Labour."
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch responded to reports of Casey's recommendations, stating: "If Casey joins survivors and the Conservatives in demanding an inquiry, the Prime Minister will have no excuse left. Starmer must stop being a lawyer and start being a leader."
Charlie suggested the report could prove "very politically dangerous for Labour" after months of rejecting inquiry calls.
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