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

<p>Exclusive: Source says senior legal figures appear reluctant to head investigation launched by Keir Starmer in June</p><p>Keir Starmer’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/16/grooming-gangs-report-national-inquiry-victims-law-changes">national grooming gangs inquiry</a> 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.</p><p>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 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/15/keir-starmer-bows-to-pressure-to-launch-new-grooming-gangs-investigation">and set it up</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/14/national-grooming-gangs-inquiry-stalls-over-remit-wrangles-and-lack-of-chair">Continue reading...</a>