Minister condemns 'idiot' councils that don't believe they have grooming gang problem
Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips has told Sky News that councils that believe they don't have a problem with grooming gangs are "idiots" - as she denied Elon Musk influenced the decision to have a national inquiry on the subject.
Councils are ignoring explicit instructions to approve planning projects from ministers - as the scale and cost of their resistance to development is revealed for the first time.
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Minister condemns 'idiot' councils that don't believe they have grooming gang problem
