'I thought it was wrong'

Why some are giving up on the inquiry

- Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Deep divisions surrounding Keir Starmer’s inquiry into grooming gangs were first disclosed by the Guardian last week.

But for one of the survivors now refusing to take part, splits first emerged in July, a month after the inquiry was announced.

Fiona Goddard, who was abused in Bradford by a gang while she was a teenager in a children's home, said she and other grooming gang survivors were told in June that the inquiry would centre on group-based child sexual exploitation of girls by grooming gangs.

In July, a meeting held by the mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, said that the government planned to consult with victims of “CSE/A” - child sexual exploitation and abuse - over the terms of reference of the inquiry.