The Shadow Minister for Safeguarding has claimed child rape cover-ups occurred because people feared being labelled "racist" more than they feared failing to protect children.

Katie Lam told GB News: "Unfortunately, and sadly, I think it says something quite dark about where we've ended up in Britain on a few different issues, that so many people were more comfortable aiding and abetting, facilitating and covering up mass child rape than they were of being accused of being racist."