Press release – Grooming Gangs Inquiry Announces National Accountability Hearings and First Local Investigations

24 June 2026

The Statutory Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs has today announced its plans to hold its first national public accountability hearings by the end of the year, with individuals and institutions compelled to explain publicly what they did or did not do to protect children from being sexually abused and harmed by grooming gangs.