UK sexual abuse inquiry thrown into doubt

 Britain's PM Keir Starmer speaking during the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons in London. [AFP]

A UK inquiry into the sexual abuse of teenage girls by so-called grooming gangs was in turmoil Thursday after several survivors said they would only take part if a government minister quit.

Thousands of mostly white, working-class girls and women are believed to have been raped over several decades in a number of English towns by mostly men of South Asian origin.