{"id":211675,"date":"2025-01-09T17:10:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/andy-burnham-backs-limited-national-child-sex-abuse-inquiry\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T17:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:10:05","slug":"andy-burnham-backs-limited-national-child-sex-abuse-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/andy-burnham-backs-limited-national-child-sex-abuse-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Burnham backs ‘limited’ national child sex abuse inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Andy Burnham hit out at what he said was a “distasteful politicisation” of the issue<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has said he would back a “limited” national inquiry into child grooming gangs to compel people to give evidence so “those who may have charges to answer are held to account”<\/p>\n

It comes after Labour MPs voted against a Conservative call<\/a> to have the government set up a national investigation, though ministers have not ruled out holding one in the future. <\/p>\n

Labour veteran Mr Burnham said a series of local reviews into abuse in Manchester, Rochdale and Oldham he commissioned were “limited” compared to what a public inquiry could achieve. <\/p>\n

He said he was “frustrated” that Westminster politicians had “taken no interest” in the issue when those reports were published. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The calls from the Conservatives and Reform UK for a national inquiry into grooming gangs comes after incendiary comments by tech billionaire Elon Musk<\/a>, criticising Labour’s stance on the issue. <\/p>\n

A review into child sex abuse in Manchester and Rochdale was launched by the mayor in 2017, which later expanded to include Oldham. <\/p>\n

The reports, published between 2020 and 2024, found authorities had failed to protect children from sexual exploitation by gangs of predominantly Asian men. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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MPs voted 364 votes to 111 to reject a Conservative amendment calling for a national inquiry<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Defending his record, Mr Burnham said the region’s authorities had “faced up to this”.<\/p>\n

He said 223 charges had come forward as a result, with “eight people brought to justice last year, and 26 more to stand trial this year”. <\/p>\n

But Mr Burnham added: “I do think there is a case for limited national inquiry that draws on reviews like the one that I commissioned, the one I’ve seen in Rotherham, and the one we saw in Telford.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The mayor told BBC Radio Manchester<\/a> people were not required to give evidence to the review team, adding it was “appalling” that in the Rochdale review some police officers refused to take part. <\/p>\n

“There’s a difference at a local level and a statutory public inquiry. There will always be limitations with what you can do with a local review. The review team could not compel someone to speak to them.”<\/p>\n

“That is something I couldn’t do at my level.”<\/p>\n

One abuse survivor from Oldham said the review into her town had led to “more recommendations, filed away for no-one to follow”, adding some victims had not been heard<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Mr Burnham said he accepts the Oldham review only looked at “specific allegations”, and he supports Oldham’s Council’s plans to hold a local inquiry “to give more victims a voice”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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