Grooming gangs: Labour were worried about 'upsetting the Pakistani vote', Danczuk says

Georgia Pearce

By Georgia Pearce


Published: 18/06/2025

- 07:46

Former Labour MP Simon Danczuk has told GB News he was "warned off" by party figures from raising the issue of ethnicity in grooming gangs, due to concerns about "votes".

Speaking to host Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former Rochdale representative revealed that he was "told not to mention the ethnicity or the religion of the perpetrators" when raising concerns for rape gangs operating in his constituency.

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