SIR Keir Starmer was accused of having “two-tier telly”; views last night after failing to respond to a grooming gangs show with the same horror he had after watching Adolescence.
The PM’s commitment to the child rape scandal was also questioned after the czar tasked with leading a mini-inquiry began a second job as the government’s social care reviewer.
was chronicled in a haunting shown on on Wednesday night.
Groomed: A National Scandal tells the stories of five young women who suffered over a 20-year period in part because of the failures of the and social services.
The Tories said the PM’s reaction should have been as ferocious as when he watched the , which he .
Shadow Home Secretary said: “This shocking documentary laid bare the .
“ called on Adolescence to be shown in every school. This is factual, not a drama, so will he join me in calling for this to be shown in every school and every police force?
“If he doesn’t, then he will be guilty of two-tier standards and two-tier telly.”;
Sir Keir’s spokesman said the government has “already taken significant action”; and the findings from the documentary were “not new”;.
The spokesman added: “Obviously anything that brings more focus on the scandal is welcome and supports the government’s action in this space.”;
In January, Home Secretary commissioned .
But last night it emerged she had already started her separate role as the government’s reviewer into the social care crisis.
previously said that the peer would complete her work on before starting in the Department for Health.
sources insisted Baroness Casey had finished her audit and was just in the final stages of writing her report.
Meanwhile, Sir Keir was last night fighting to hold off ’s party in the seat at Westminster.
The by-election is Sir Keir’s first big electoral test since the , with all parties battling for 1,600 council seats and six directly-elected mayors — with the Tories expecting a difficult night.
