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Grooming gangs inquiry expands to Wales and Birmingham
The inquiry will examine safeguarding failures and cross-border cooperation, and it has already opened local probes in four other areas.
- On Wednesday, the Statutory Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs launched investigations in Wales and Birmingham, expanding its examination of child sexual abuse and institutional failures beyond London, Oldham, Bradford, and Keighley.
- Baroness Anne Longfield leads the £65 million three-year inquiry, which holds legal authority to compel witnesses and demand documents to establish why institutions failed to protect children from being sexually abused.
- Investigators will 'follow the evidence wherever it leads,' with analysis revealing 'significant inconsistency in how these recommendations have been implemented' across more than 800 prior reports dating back to the 1990s.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood described the scandal as 'one of the darkest moments in our country's history,' while Darren Millar of the Welsh Conservatives demanded accountability for institutions that failed children.
- Starting from October, the inquiry will accept evidence through written statements, voice, or video recordings via the National Listening Project, with public hearings expected by the end of the year.
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westerntelegraph.co.ukWales to be investigated in UK-wide inquiry into grooming gangs and abuse
Wales will be investigated as part of a major inquiry into the sexual abuse of children by grooming gangs.
·Newport, United Kingdom
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