16 June 2025, 12:58

By Henry Bermingham

A full statutory inquiry into group-based child sexual exploitation (CSE) is not only welcome – it is long overdue.

The national inquiry into child sexual exploitation mustn’t scatter more pins on the map – it must string them together

Local inquiries into isolated cases have uncovered serious failings, but they have never had the scope or power to expose the true scale of the problem or to drive the structural reform needed to deliver justice for all survivors. Now that the government has accepted Baroness Casey’s recommendation, the question is no longer whether we hold a national inquiry but how we do it right.

What’s needed is a........

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