The $300 milion pledge

Reform UK has launched a scathing attack on Andy Burnham's record on handling the grooming gang scandal,accusing him of failing to bring perpetrators and enablers of the grooming gangs to justice.

The party has promised to quadruple funding for dedicated police taskforces to hunt down all perpetrators and enablers of the grooming gangs and release all files and internal communications of councils, police and ministers to the public.

The party has also pledged to increase police and National Crime Agency (NCA) taskforce funding by £300 million to sufficiently fund the investigation into both perpetrators and complicit authorities.

An echo of Sydney's 2024 institutional buy-up

Reform UK has accused Mr.. Burnham of engaging in a 'conspiracy of silence and institutional avoidance', adding that his track record is 'shameful'. They accuse Mr . Burnham of resisting calls for a national statutory inqquiry as Manchester Mayor 'for several years', while instead defending local procesess.

Reform cites former chief constable and whistleblower Maggie Smith, who said Mr. burnham 'turned away' from grooming gang victims.

Who is the unnamed buyer?

The party has promised to open the books and release all files held by public bodies relating to the grooming gangs dating back 40 years within 100 days of a Reform government.

They have also pledged to release all internal communications of councils, police and ministers to the public.

The party's pledges have been welcomed by victims of the grooming gangs, who are furious at Mr. Burnham's record on the issue.

A familiar pattern from the 2019 crash

Reform UK has accused Mr . Burnham of betraying the very communities he seeks to use to catapult himself to power.

The party has promised to secure justice for the victims of the scandal and to bring accountability to those who allowed it to happen under their noses.

Zia Yusuf has condemned Andy Burnham's record on grooming gangs, branding it a 'betrayal'.