Birmingham and Wales next locations for grooming gangs inquiry
A national statutory inquiry into child sexual abuse by grooming gangs has expanded its investigation to include Birmingham and Wales. The inquiry aims to hold institutions accountable for failing to protect children and to understand the scale of abuse in these specific regions.
Why it matters
The expansion of this inquiry reflects ongoing public and political pressure to address systemic failures in child safeguarding and institutional accountability.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The national inquiry involves a series of targeted, local investigations child sexual abuse by grooming gangs
Birmingham and Wales have been announced as the next locations for local investigations as part of a national inquiry into child sexual abuse by grooming gangs.
The statutory inquiry, chaired by former children's commissioner Baroness Anne Longfield, is carrying out targeted investigations in areas across England and Wales.
It has the power to compel individuals and institutions to explain what they "did or did not do to protect children from being sexually abused", and will look at the nature and scale of abuse in each area.
Investigations have already been announced for Oldham in Greater Manchester, Bradford and Keighley in West Yorkshire and London.
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