"The prime minister announced the inquiry for England and Wales in June, accepting the recommendation of Baroness Louise Casey's audit into the evidence on the scale of group-based child sexual abuse. Baroness Longfield will be joined by panellists Zoe Billingham CBE, a former inspector at HM Constabulary, and Eleanor Kelly CBE, former chief executive of Southwark Council, to lead the inquiry."
"Mahmood said Longfield and the two panellists had been recommended by Baroness Casey following "recent engagement with victims" and would meet survivors later this week. On her appointment, Baroness Longfield said the inquiry "owes it to the victims, survivors and the wider public to identify the truth, address past failings and ensure that children and young people today are protected in a way that others were not"."
Baroness Anne Longfield will chair a three-year government inquiry into group-based child sexual abuse after earlier disruptions including resignations from the survivors panel and two candidates withdrawing. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood described the inquiry as a "moment of reckoning" and said the effort must "root out this evil once and for all." The inquiry follows the prime minister's June announcement accepting Baroness Louise Casey's audit recommendation. Longfield will be joined by panellists Zoe Billingham CBE and Eleanor Kelly CBE, was recommended after recent engagement with victims, and will meet survivors later this week. A former survivor criticized lack of consultation and questioned the inquiry's independence.
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