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MPs Alarmed as Home Office Delays Threaten Grooming Inquiry

3/28/2026

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MPs warn key evidence in the grooming gang inquiry may be lost due to Home Office delays in instructing authorities to retain documents.
Dame Karen Bradley, chair of the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, says the Home Office waited six months to act, risking the inquiry's integrity.
Baroness Anne Longfield leads the inquiry, which will investigate child sexual exploitation by grooming gangs and can compel testimony and evidence.

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MPs warn key evidence in the grooming gang inquiry may be lost due to Home Office delays in instructing authorities to retain documents.
Dame Karen Bradley, chair of the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, says the Home Office waited six months to act, risking the inquiry's integrity.
Baroness Anne Longfield leads the inquiry, which will investigate child sexual exploitation by grooming gangs and can compel testimony and evidence.