The UK's Labour Party blocked a Conservative Party amendment that would have forced a nationwide inquiry into migrant grooming gangs

Conservatives proposed an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill that would compel the government to launch a national investigation into the grooming gangs that have terrorized the nation for decades .

The amendment was voted down by 364 to 111 , with Labour and Conservatives voting down party lines.

The vote comes days after Jess Phillips , a Labour Party member and minister for the Home Office for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls , blocked an inquiry by the town of Oldham into Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer 's conduct.