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Political commentators and children's charities have criticized British Home Secretary Suella Braverman's comments that British-Pakistani males "hold cultural values at odds with British values" as "inflammatory" and comparable to starting "race wars." Dame Louise Casey CB's 2015 report, which ironically noted how the British-Pakistani community had been "harmed by association" in the scandal, was also mentioned by the home secretary. The crackdown on grooming gangs is anticipated to defy "political correctness," according to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is also expected to announce new initiatives to address sexual assault of children. He refrained from reiterating Ms. Braverman's remarks about Pakistanis, though. The government promised to support police forces' inquiries into allegations of child sexual abuse with the help of knowledgeable specialist officers and National Crime Agency personnel. The majority of...

  The future of about 20,000 workers is in jeopardy as nearly all of the country's 30 mobile phone assembly plants, including three operated by foreign companies, have closed due to manufacturers' claims that they have run out of raw materials due to import restrictions. After paying workers half of their April wages in advance, the majority of businesses have placed them on furlough. They have been informed that they will be contacted once manufacturing has started up again.  Assembly unit owners attributed the closure of all mobile production units to the "incompetent and odd policies" of the finance minister. He was alluding to government regulations that have made it challenging for importers to obtain letters of credit (LCs), which are documents from banks that promise that payments from buyers to sellers will be made on time and in full.  As a result, shipments of crucial machinery and parts used in the production of mobile phones have been halted. The letter, p...