A former children’s commissioner will chair the government’s inquiry into grooming gangs. Baroness Anne Longfield will lead the inquiry, which was derailed in October when four women resigned from its survivors panel and two leading candidates to chair the investigation pulled out. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said Baroness Longfield had “devoted her life to children’s […]
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Human error may have led to grooming gang cases being dropped, says NCA
Sima KotechaSenior UK correspondent Getty Images Human error could have led to criminal cases involving alleged grooming gangs being dropped, the early stages of a massive review has found. Operation Beaconport – a National Crime Agency project tasked with unearthing failings to tackle grooming gangs – is set to look at thousands of cases where […]