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Leading candidates to chair grooming gangs inquiry revealed - with both set to face a survivors' panel this week
The inquiry has faced criticism for delays and unclear scope four months after commissioning, with two candidates under review to lead this statutory investigation into child sexual exploitation.
- On Tuesday, two leading candidates, Jim Gamble and Annie Hudson, are shortlisted to chair the national inquiry and will meet a survivors' panel whose feedback will inform Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
- After Baroness Louise Casey's audit revealed the problem, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer launched the inquiry, but last week MPs and a parliamentary motion said four months on there is no chair, terms of reference or hearings.
- Jim Gamble's career includes leading the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre in 2006, with Operation Ore arresting over 1,000 suspects and identifying more than 7,000 suspects and 2,000 convictions.
- The Home Office says it is working urgently to appoint the best chair, while survivors and campaigners warn candidates' backgrounds risk conflicts of interest and political pressure mounts on the government.
- Observers cite IICSA's seven-year review and multiple chairs as a warning, while critics highlight the 186 million inquiry’s neglect of towns like Rotherham and Oldham.
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Leading Candidates To Chair Grooming Gangs Inquiry Revealed - With Both Set To Face A Survivors' Panel This Week
The two prospective candidates, Jim Gamble and Annie Hudson, are due to meet a survivors’ panel on Tuesday. That group will then pass on their reflections of the candidates to the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to decide who leads the inquiry. The prime minister launched the inquiry into grooming gangs after an audit by Baroness Louise Casey showed the scale of the problem. Some victims have already expressed …
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