Rape gangs whistleblower takes government to court over failure to protect kids

GROOMING gangs whistleblower Maggie Oliver is taking the government to court over alleged failures on child sexual exploitation.

- BY MICHAEL KNOWLES AND JOHN GLOVER

Maggie Oliver is demanding action now

The former detective constable is heading to the High Court next week to bring a judicial review over claims the government has not implemented recommendations following the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

The inquiry, chaired by Prof Alexis Jay — which took seven years and cost £200million — was launched to examine how public and private institutions failed to protect children from sexual abuse. Concluding in 2022, its final report recommended 20 major reforms to child protection in England and Wales.

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Ms Oliver, who set up The Maggie Oliver Foundation charity, said: “The government has promised another national inquiry, this time focused on so-called ‘grooming gangs’. Survivors have every right to be heard, but why launch another inquiry when the recommendations of the last one remain unimplemented?