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Burnham backs 'limited' national grooming inquiry

Greater Manchester Labour mayor Andy Burnham has voiced his support for a ‘limited’ national inquiry into child grooming gangs.

Mayor Andy Burnham © Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Mayor Andy Burnham © Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Greater Manchester Labour mayor Andy Burnham has voiced his support for a ‘limited' national inquiry into child grooming gangs.

The mayor said a national inquiry would be able to ‘compel' people to give evidence in abuse investigations, something that reviews into abuse in Manchester, Rochdale and Oldham were unable to do.

Mayor Burnham's comments follow the defeat of a Conservative amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill that proposed the establishment of a national abuse inquiry.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the Government was focused on delivering the reforms in the 2022 Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and that a new probe would only delay the action victims wanted.

 

 

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