World news | The GuardianJun 1
Toxic identity politics ‘tearing’ us apart, says former Oldham council leader https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/01/identity-politics-greater-manchester-oldham-arooj-shah #GreaterManchester #UkNews #LocalElections #LocalPolitics #LocalGovernment #Politics #Society #Communities #England #Race #GroomingGangsInquiry #NorthOfEngland #TheFarRight
Toxic identity politics ‘tearing’ us apart, says former Oldham council leader

Exclusive: 25 years after race riots in north of England, Arooj Shah says extremist groups and lies about grooming scandal are poisoning Oldham

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World news | The GuardianMay 19
Police say extra funds to hunt grooming gangs in England and Wales will ‘likely fall short’ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/19/police-extra-funds-hunt-grooming-gangs-england-wales-fall-short #Police #RapeAndSexualAssault #Children #GroomingGangsInquiry #Society #HomeOffice #KeirStarmer #UkNews #Law #Politics #England #Wales
Police say extra funds to hunt grooming gangs in England and Wales will ‘likely fall short’

Government announces a near tenfold increase but forces fear it will not cover anticipated cost of dedicated teams

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World news | The GuardianMar 31
Grooming gangs inquiry to examine role of ethnicity, culture and religion https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/31/grooming-gangs-inquiry-examine-role-ethnicity-culture-religion #GroomingGangsInquiry #UkNews
Grooming gangs inquiry to examine role of ethnicity, culture and religion

Inquiry will directly look at whether factors influenced offending and institutional response in England and Wales

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World news | The GuardianDec 31
Oldham child gang-rape suspect later attempted to murder wife https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/31/oldham-child-gang-rape-suspect-evaded-prosecution-attempted-murder-wife #GroomingGangsInquiry #Police #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #GreaterManchester #ChildProtection #Children #Politics #Society #UkNews
Oldham child gang-rape suspect later attempted to murder wife

Exclusive: Greater Manchester police ignored claim ‘Offender J’ among men who had abused 12-year-old, paperwork shows

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World news | The GuardianDec 31
‘They thought we were problem children’: how grooming victims were failed in Oldham https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/31/how-grooming-victims-were-failed-oldham-children #GroomingGangsInquiry #Police #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #GreaterManchester #ChildProtection #Children #Crime #Society #UkNews #England #SocialCare
‘They thought we were problem children’: how grooming victims were failed in Oldham

National inquiry on grooming gangs will look at how police ignored girls while officials feared fuelling the far right

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Opinion | The Guardian USOct 24, 2025
Grooming gang survivors risk becoming pawns in a political game that is no place for vulnerable people | Gaby Hinsliff https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/24/grooming-gang-survivors-vulnerable-people-inquiry #Violenceagainstwomenandgirls #Groominggangsinquiry #JessPhillips #KeirStarmer #Politics #Society #UKnews
Grooming gang survivors risk becoming pawns in a political game that is no place for vulnerable people

The chaos surrounding the inquiry stands as a warning: this is what happens when collapsing trust in public institutions, combined with point scoring, leads to paralysis, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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