The chair of the upcoming grooming gangs inquiry has vowed to "not flinch from uncomfortable truths" as she launches the terms of reference of the long-awaited review. Baroness Anne Longfield made the promise in her first statement since being appointed in December 2025 to run the statutory independent inquiry, which will focus on child sexual exploitation by gangs in England and Wales. The inquiry will examine institutions that failed to protect children, and whether the ethnicity, culture or