Grooming gangs inquiry to investigate offending in Wales and Birmingham
National inquiry will conduct local investigations and look at the wider picture of sexual abuse and exploitation of childrenBirmingham and Wales will be investigated as part of an independent inquiry into grooming gangs, it was announced on Wednesday.The inquiry, chaired by the former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield, will have the power to compel witnesses and documents to interrogate what individuals and agencies “did or did not do to protect children from being sexually abused”.In the UK, the NSPCC offers support to children on 0800 1111, and adults concerned about a child on 0808 80