A delayed final report from a review examining allegations concerning child sexual exploitation in Oldham is now due to be published 'before the end of June', Andy Burnham has revealed.
The independent review, commissioned in 2019, is investigating historical safeguarding practices in the borough and is being carried out by Malcolm Newsam, a former commissioner for social care in Rotherham, and Gary Ridgway, a former Detective Superintendent of Cambridgeshire Police.
As reported in the Manchester Evening News, the mayor of Greater Manchester had pledged the review team would reveal their findings at the end of January this year, after review chiefs had previously said they expected the report to come out in December, 2021. The emergence of new 'significant evidence' prompted the delay in publication, but Mr Burnham has now revealed another update.
