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Oldham council are still waiting for news from the government after putting their local inquiry into historic child sexual exploitation ‘on hold’, the council leader has confirmed.

The council started the process of finding a chair for the new Oldham Review in January – but have had to pause the process since June, after Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a full national statutory inquiry into grooming gangs.

Speaking on behalf of a number of CSE survivors from Oldham at a full council meeting on Wednesday, November 12, former councillor Lucia Rea demanded clarification on the current status of the local inquiry. Rea previously criticised the council for its ‘poor communication’ with survivors, stating that many have been left ‘in the dark’ about how both national and

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