Starmer listed as core participant in grooming gangs inquiry
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 16:03 · Archive
Sir Keir Starmer could be called to give evidence to the grooming gangs inquiry, which will examine failures in areas including Bradford and Keighley.
Sir Keir Starmer has been listed as a core participant for the grooming gangs inquiry, which will examine failures in areas across Britain including Birmingham, Bradford, Keighley, London, Oldham, and Wales. Hearings are due to begin in December. Core participant status, granted by the inquiry's chairwoman Baroness Anne Longfield, gives special rights to participate in the investigation, though it does not automatically mean Starmer will be required to give evidence. Many core participants are asked or compelled to do so.
The inquiry will investigate serious failures in responses to child sexual exploitation by grooming gangs. The Government faced criticism over its handling of the probe. Starmer initially resisted calls for a national inquiry last year after tech billionaire Elon Musk attacked the then-prime minister over the scandal on his X platform. Following the U-turn to order the inquiry, efforts to set it up faced delays, resignations, and disputes about its scope.
The inquiry is budgeted at £65 million and is scheduled to run for three years.
How it is being reported
- Former Prime Minister could give evidence in Keighley grooming gangs inquirySir Keir Starmer could be called to give evidence in the grooming gangs inquiry, which will examine failures in areas including Bradford.Keighley News · 22 Oct, 15:30
- Sir Keir Starmer could give evidence in Bradford grooming gangs inquirySir Keir Starmer could be called to give evidence in the grooming gangs inquiry, which will examine failures in areas including Bradford.Telegraph & Argus · 22 Oct, 14:30
In this story: Sir Keir Starmer · Baroness Anne Longfield · Elon Musk · Andy Burnham · Bradford · Keighley
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