US EditionBaroness Longfield named as new chair of grooming-gangs inquiry
The inquiry will investigate child sexual abuse by grooming gangs over three years with a £65 million budget, examining offenders' ethnicity, religion, and state failures.
- On Tuesday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced in the House of Commons that Baroness Anne Longfield will chair the national grooming gangs inquiry, with a safeguarding statement due around 1.15pm.
- Sir Keir Starmer first announced the probe in June following Baroness Louise Casey's recommendation, but ministers rejected calls for a judge-led inquiry even as the Conservative Party proposed one on Monday.
- The inquiry will run for three years with a £65m budget, delivered as local investigations overseen by a national statutory panel; Zoe Billingham and Eleanor Kelly join Baroness Anne Longfield as panellists.
- Ms Mahmood said `I know that for many this day is long overdue. For years the victims of these awful crimes were ignored` as five women resigned from the victim liaison panel and the final two chair candidates dropped out.
- The remit to examine offenders' backgrounds has provoked debate, with survivors and victim groups divided over leadership and officials insisting the inquiry will probe failures to act.
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New Chair Appointed To Lead UK 'Grooming Gang' Inquiry
The UK government has appointed former children’s commissioner Baroness Anne Longfield to chair the long-delayed national inquiry into grooming gangs. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced the decision, pledging that the investigation will finally move forward after months of chaos. The inquiry will consist of local investigations, backed by full statutory powers, allowing witnesses to be compelled to give evidence. These probes will examine …
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Former children’s commissioner to lead grooming gangs inquiry
A former children’s commissioner will chair the national inquiry into grooming gangs after months of delays.Baroness Anne Longfield will lead the inquiry over three years with a budget of £65 million.Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood set out the appointment and the inquiry’s terms of reference in the Commons on Tuesday.Of her appointment, Baroness Longfield said: “The Inquiry owes it to the victims, survivors and the wider public to identify the tr…
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