National grooming gangs inquiry stalls over remit wrangles and lack of chair

Terms of the statutory investigation into grooming gangs are still being discussed by a panel of stakeholders. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Keir Starmer’s national grooming gangs inquiry has stalled amid wrangles over its remit and difficulties in finding a senior legal figure willing to become its chair, the Guardian has been told.

Terms of the statutory investigation are still being discussed by a panel of stakeholders including survivors of abuse rings, four months after the prime minister bowed to pressure and set it up.