Editorial: It is right to confront child sexual exploitation, but this week’s announcement comes against a backdrop of failure

At last Sir Keir Starmer has announced a national inquiry into the mass-rape gangs prowling the streets of our towns and cities to target young girls for sex. And not before time.

The danger is this will be another inquiry allowed to grind on for years at great cost and to little avail

Editorial: It is right to confront child sexual exploitation, but this week’s announcement comes against a backdrop of failure

Failings of UK institutions to protect young girls from grooming gangs will remain high on political agenda for years

The new inquiry needs a sharp focus on the reality of this horrific abuse. A process hijacked by opportunists will only fail victims again, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The report addressed the UK’s institutional failure to protect children and teenage girls from sexual exploitation.