October 29, 2026

Lady Longfield named as chair of national inquiry after long-delayed search

The former children’s commissioner and Labour peer Anne Longfield will chair the national grooming gangs inquiry.

Her appointment is to be announced by the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, after a long-delayed search during which some victims quit the inquiry’s advisory panel amid disagreements over the chair appointment.

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