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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Home secretary denies grooming gangs inquiry is being watered down as three victims quit over alleged cover-up

The grooming gangs inquiry will leave “no hiding place”, the home secretary has vowed, after the probe was plunged into chaos.

Shabana Mahmood was forced to intervene after a string of resignations from survivors on the inquiry’s overseeing panel amid claims of an alleged cover-up and a “toxic environment”. There are also concerns that a chair has still not been appointed for the inquiry.

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