Having lived experience at the heart of independent inquiries for local councils is the only way #cse calling for another inquiry across the country will do nothing yet again like the IICSA ,20 recommendations and not 1 implemented still

Interesting thread, but important to acknowledge that the demand for an inquiry in Telford started with local survivor Holly Archer - with many others subsequently campaigning alongside her

Journalists should be ready to ignore the social media agenda. Somehow this talk from the end of last year feels particularly relevant today. commonwealthroundtable.co.uk/general/media/…

Courageous public interest journalism in The Times and The Sunday Times in 2011 .... quite different from political shithousery on X in 2025

Chris Philp MP Debbie Abrahams Cooper responded by saying Tom Crowther KC regularly follows up progress in Telford and that this model could be replicated into other towns at a local level.

The Conservative party accuses Keir Starmer of refusing to take child abuse seriously. In other news here's former Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson complaining about £60 million being "spaffed up the wall" investigating historic child abuse cases

Very pleased to have been asked to work with the Gvt and councils on #CSE to ensure the successful approach of @Official_IITCSE is replicated; each town will have survivors like Holly Archer, Scarlett Jones Survivor and Joanne_Phillips. Survivor voices must be heard and be integral to change.

Survivors of Telford abuse crimes & the mums of two women murdered by boyfriends say of the Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips that ‘no one in public life has done more to support victims and survivors and to advocate for their interests’ theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

🚨 NEW: Jess Phillips says she turned down a government-led inquiry into the grooming gangs in Oldham because a locally led one in Telford meant 'things changed, way quicker' "I will base my decisions on evidence not on very rich men in America."

‘You are asking people to relive their trauma.’ Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has just called for a national inquiry into grooming gangs. If we did have one, would Westminster achieve anything? Isabel Hardman discusses on Spectator TV. thespec.uk/isabel-hardman…

Grateful to Jessica Murray and The Guardian for the opportunity to talk about what @Official_IITCSE achieved in #Telford theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

Yvette Cooper announces plan for government-backed local grooming gangs inquiries | Politics News | Sky News news.sky.com/story/yvette-c…

Sunday Morning w Kate McCann & Adam Boulton from 10: 🔴Darren Jones MP 🔵Chris Philp MP 🇺🇸Peter Westmacott Gordon Sondland ⚫️Tom Crowther KC ⚫️Sir John Scarlett ⚫️Dame Nicole Jacobs Sarah Dangar 🗞️Kate Nicholls OBE & Zoë Grünewald ⏮️Anne Applebaum 🔴Patrick Hurley 📺Tom Peck +more!

“Two years is realistic if you’re going to do a proper inquiry.” Former Telford Inquiry Chair Tom Crowther KC tells #TimesRadio the Telford grooming gangs inquiry cost "roughly" £5 million and took “around three years.” Kate McCann

Telford barrister to lead new Oldham abuse inquiry bbc.in/3DmHiQ4

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We have written to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper seeking clarification on a number of points raised during our evidence session with Tom Crowther KC Tom Crowther KC regarding the implementation of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. Read the letter in full 👇

New research analysis by Prof Jose Pina-Sánchez & Sentencing Academy They estimate 87% of the increase in sentence severity in England & Wales over last 2 decades is due to a genuine change in #sentencing practice (sentence inflation 📈⬆️), ie. more punitive sentencingacademy.org.uk/measuring-sent…

Andrew Norfolk obituary: Times reporter who exposed grooming gangs thetimes.com/article/828cb2…

Imagine starting a car that hadn't run in 21 years, that's 15 billion miles away in interstellar space. That's what the NASA team just did with NASA Voyager's thrusters. People are amazing. jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voy…