Long wait for parents to find out if they have a paedo neighbour slashed to 28 days

THE 45-day wait for parents to find out if a paedo lives in their neighbourhood is to be slashed to 28 days.

Over 62,000 people a year use Sarah’s Law for the legal right to check.

Currently, it takes up to six weeks for authorities to respond to requests — but a new legal target of under a month will be unveiled today.

Sarah’s Law is named in memory of eight-year-old Sarah Payne — who was ­murdered by a previously ­convicted sex offender in 2000.

Her mum Sara Payne MBE said: “This is an historical ‘turning point’ day today for child protection.”

The move is part of a wider clampdown on child sex offences to be unveiled by PM Rishi Sunak today.

A new Grooming Gangs Taskforce will see specialist officers parachuted in to assist police in areas under threat from gangs targeting kids and young women.

The joint National Crime Agency and police operation will use police recorded ­ethnicity data for the first time — to stamp out suspects­ escaping justice because of cultural sensitivities.

Last night, Home Secretary Suella Braverman said a “blind eye” had been turned to “vulnerable white English girls being raped and drugged and harmed by gangs of British Pakistani men” due “to political correctness”.

Citing the Rotherham grooming case, she hammered cops and local authorities for failing kids.

Her comments were echoed by the Prime Minister, who added: “For too long, political correctness has stopped us from weeding out vile criminals who prey on children and young women.

“We will stop at nothing to stamp out these dangerous gangs.”

But Labour hit back saying abuse occurs in “all cultures”.