Yvette Cooper has revealed more than 800 rape gang cases were uncovered in Baroness Casey’s “damning” review.
The Home Secretary admitted that the number could rise above 1,000, adding: “Children as young as ten plied with drugs and alcohol, brutally raped by gangs of men [had been] disgracefully let down again and again by the authorities who were meant to protect them and keep them safe.”
She also said: “At its heart she identifies a deep-rooted failure to treat children as children.
“A continued failure to protect children and teenage girls from rape, from exploitation, and serious violence.”
