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

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.

A full statutory inquiry into UK grooming gangs will soon begin work

Maggie Oliver says she fears a new inquiry will mean survivors are “left dangling perhaps for another seven years”

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

Whistleblower Maggie Oliver calls for ‘criminal accountability’ for what she says are police and social services’ failure to protect victims

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

Those who turned a blind eye to the horrific abuse must be named and brought to account

National inquiry to be launched following review into scandal in which young and vulnerable girls were exploited for sex

Public inquiry will examine repeated failures that prevented abuse against children being properly investigated

It was described by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper as 'a timeline of failure from 2009 to 2025' which shamed Britain.

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

We can’t ignore the fact that white girls were predominantly abused by men of Pakistani heritage

Sir Keir Starmer ordered a national inquiry after pressure from opposition parties

Victims of child sexual abuse gangs and their families say the Government’s about-turn on a national grooming inquiry falls short

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