This page gives you ready‑made email and complaint templates, plus key links, so you can demand action from your MP and challenge the BBC’s silence over what is England’s & The wider UK’s worst ever crime wave:
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Subject: Why Is England’s Worst Crime Wave Not Newsworthy?
Dear [MP Name],
I am a constituent in [your town/constituency] and I am writing because I have been reading Rupert Lowe’s Rape Gang Inquiry report into grooming gangs and group‑based child sexual abuse. The scale, length of time, and repeated institutional failures described in this report amount to what many of us see as England’s worst crime wave against vulnerable girls.
Having gone through the report, I am shocked not only by the abuse itself, but by the lack of sustained attention from government and mainstream media. This level of organised child rape and exploitation should be treated as a national emergency, not as a passing story.
I would therefore like clear answers to the following questions:
- Have you read the Rape Gang Inquiry report in full?
- Do you support a full statutory national inquiry into grooming gangs and group‑based child sexual exploitation, with powers to compel evidence and witnesses?
- Will you back the publication of detailed offender data (including nationality, ethnicity, immigration status and religion) so policy can be based on facts rather than fear or spin?
- What specific actions will you take in Parliament to ensure that this scandal receives the attention, scrutiny and reform it urgently demands? (For example: tabling questions, supporting debates, pressing ministers for timelines and accountability.)
In your response, please set out:
- What you have done so far in relation to grooming gangs and group‑based child sexual abuse.
- What you now intend to do in light of the findings of Rupert Lowe’s inquiry.
I am asking these questions because, as a constituent, I cannot accept a situation where thousands of girls may have been systematically abused over many years while those in positions of power move on after a few headlines.
I look forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your full address and postcode]
BBC Make A Complaint Website Here: [Make a complaint]
Subject: Why Is England’s Worst Crime Wave Not Newsworthy on the BBC?
I am writing as a viewer to complain about BBC News’ coverage of grooming gangs and the Rape Gang Inquiry report led by Rupert Lowe MP. The scale of organised child sexual abuse described in this report and related inquiries amounts to one of the worst crime waves against vulnerable girls in modern English history, yet BBC coverage has not reflected that gravity.
The Rape Gang Inquiry report is a detailed, 200‑plus‑page independent examination of group‑based child sexual abuse over many years, involving potentially thousands of victims. It should be treated as a major, ongoing national story. Instead, BBC output has been patchy and limited, with more focus on political rows and controversy than on victims, offenders and repeated institutional failures.
As a result, viewers who rely on the BBC to understand serious national issues are not being given the sustained, in‑depth reporting that this scandal demands. It feels as though “England’s worst crime wave” barely registers compared with far less serious political stories.
In line with the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines, I ask you to:
- Explain how BBC News has assessed the news value of the Rape Gang Inquiry report and why it has not received more prominent, ongoing coverage.
- Set out what changes you will make so grooming gangs and group‑based child sexual abuse are treated as a major crime and justice issue, with regular, victim‑centred reporting.
I am making this complaint because I believe the BBC, as the national broadcaster, has a duty to report fully and persistently on large‑scale abuse of children, not just briefly or when there is a political angle.