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Labour peer Baroness Hazarika said she was "disgusted" by "sickening" stories of grooming gangs, adding: "Many of us in the Muslim community are absolutely as appalled as anyone else."

A University of Oxford spokesperson said the institution was "appalled" by its student's crimes.

"The families' experience has been...the death of loved ones falling under the radar and of distressing and at times appalling delays," she said.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said this would "ensure these appalling crimes are taken seriously" but the Conservatives said the measures were "too little, too late".

Streeting had called for his former assistant to resign, saying: "There are no excuses for his appalling behaviour. I am calling for him, again, to resign as a Redbridge councillor immediately."