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What is Keir Starmer's record on prosecuting grooming gangs?

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Sir Keir Starmer accused of being 'deeply complicit' in mass rapes in exchange for votes.

Mr Musk published a series of posts on X suggesting Starmer failed to deal with grooming gang scandal.

Starmer was head of the Crown Prosecution Service between 2008 and 2013 .

In response, Starmer has accused critics of "spreading lies and misinformation".

Starmer referred only to broad category of child sex abuse prosecution data.

A report by the National Police Chiefs' Council last year concluded that 5% of child sexual abuse and exploitation crimes were group-based.

A Times report from 2011 identified 17 grooming gang prosecutions, external since 1997 .