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First locations for grooming gang inquiry announced
Key takeaways
- Baroness Anne Longfield CBE will chair the Statutory Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs.
- The review will also examine if changes have been made in places where there have been past reviews, such as Oxford and Rotherham.
- Abuse survivor Fiona Goddard, who resigned from the inquiry in October 2025, said it had been "a long fight".
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Baroness Anne Longfield CBE will chair the Statutory Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs. The first places to be investigated in a national independent inquiry into grooming gangs will be Oldham, Bradford and Keighley, and London.
The Statutory Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs, which will be chaired by Baroness Anne Longfield CBE, will compel individuals and institutions to explain what they "did or did not do to protect children from being sexually abused", the organisation said.
The review will also examine if changes have been made in places where there have been past reviews, such as Oxford and Rotherham.
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