Home Office minister Mike Tapp faced backlash for suggesting a potential link between ethnicity and child rape during a GB News interview about grooming gangs. Critics argue his comments echo past misinformation that disproportionately targeted Asian communities, with reports showing a majority of group-based child abusers are white. This has raised concerns about pandering to far-right narratives, especially from a Labour MP. Experts have previously criticized similar claims as unfounded and damaging.
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