Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleBaroness Anne Longfield is leading the inquiry (PA)London, Oldham, Bradfor and Keighley will be the initial focus of the grooming gangs inquiry. The £65 million probe will investigate how grooming gangs operated and the responses of police, councils, health services, social care, and schools. The inquiry aims to identify serious failures in the response to child sexual exploitation by grooming gangs in these areas. Baroness Anne Longfield, former children’s commissioner for England, is leading the inquiry, which possesses legal powers to compel evidence. Any evidence of crimes uncovered during the inquiry will be referred to Operation Beaconport, a national police operation. In fullGrooming gang inquiry announces first locations it will focus onThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in