A barrister announced as a key figure in drafting plans for locally-led child grooming inquiries has said he asked a Government official at one stage “do you still want me?”, amid an apparent lack of communication about his role.
Tom Crowther KC said that, six weeks after having first been named by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper as someone who would be working with the Home Office on its efforts to tackle child sexual abuse and grooming gangs, he asked the question.
