Focus of grooming inquiry 'will not change', home secretary insists
In her resignation letter, survivor "Elizabeth" - not her real name - said the process felt like "a cover-up" and had "created a toxic environment for survivors".
Her intervention comes after three abuse survivors quit their roles in the inquiry this week over fears that its scope could be widened beyond grooming gangs - and concerns about who would chair the inquiry.
Writing in the Times newspaper, Mahmood said the wait for the appointment of the inquiry's chairperson will "not be much longer", adding that the government "must get this right".
The focus of the national grooming gangs inquiry "will not change" or be "watered down", Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has insisted.
"It should have been a judge - it should have been somebody that was completely impartial and non-biased."
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