Grooming gangs inquiry divided over parameters and selection of chairs

Divisions grow over focus of inquiry as survivors are angered by attempt to recruit chairs from professions that failed to protect victimsDeep divisions surrounding Keir Starmer’s inquiry into grooming gangs were first disclosed by the Guardian last week. But for one of the survivors now refusing to take part, splits first emerged in July, a month after the inquiry was announced.Fiona Goddard, who was abused by a gang while a teenager in a Bradford children’s home, said she and other grooming gang survivors were told in June that the inquiry would centre on group-based child sexual exploitation of girls by grooming gangs. Continue reading...

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