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Focus of grooming inquiry 'will not change', home secretary insists
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood confirms inquiry will explicitly examine ethnicity and religion of offenders despite survivor panel resignations over scope concerns.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood wrote in the Times that the national grooming gangs inquiry will remain focused and the wait for a chair will not be much longer, adding `Should they wish to return, the door will always remain open to them`.
- Three abuse survivors resigned this week over fears the inquiry's scope might broaden beyond grooming gangs, with Elizabeth saying the process felt like "a cover-up" promoting selective narratives.
- Shortlisted chair candidates, including Annie Hudson and Jim Gamble, faced criticism as Hudson withdrew and survivors urged a legally trained judge to avoid conflicts of interest.
- Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips rejected claims of dilution, regretted panel resignations and offered to engage survivors, while Chris Philp, Conservative shadow home secretary, called the process chaotic and questioned ministers' timing in the House of Commons.
- The government says the inquiry will explicitly examine the ethnicity and religion of offenders, while Conservative party calls for a senior judge to chair contrast with Baroness Casey's preference for a non-judicial model.
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Grooming gangs inquiry 'won't be watered down', home sec vows - as more survivors quit panel
Fiona Goddard and Ellie Reynolds, two prominent survivors, resigned from the panel over the last 48 hours, expressing concerns about how the process was being handled. A third followed yesterday afternoon.
·United Kingdom
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Grooming gangs probe will leave ‘no hiding place’ – Mahmood
The Home Secretary also insisted the scope of the probe ‘will not change’ amid claims its remit could be widened.
·Salisbury, United Kingdom
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'No hiding place' for grooming gang 'predatory monsters', Shabana Mahmood tells GB News
There will be "no hiding place for those who abused the most vulnerable in our society" in the grooming gangs scandal, nor those who "even covered up what occurred", Shabana Mahmood has pledged
·London, United Kingdom
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