Charity Sues Gov't Over Child Abuse Inquiry Neglect

0:00UK stories making news on March 1st, brought to you by NordVPN, fast, reliable online privacy. Links in the episode description. A former detective's charity is suing the government for failing to act on key recommendations from a major child sexual abuse inquiry. The Maggie Oliver Foundation claims officials have ignored 20 reforms outlined in the 2022 independent inquiry into child. Sexual Abuse Report, which cost 200 million pounds and took seven years to complete. Now, they're heading to the High Court in London on March 5th for a judicial review. That inquiry pushed for better protections, like collecting data on the ethnicity and religion of abusers, plus equal justice access for kids and care, and banning painful restraints and custody. A recent review by Baroness Louise Casey highlighted a big over-representation of Asian men as suspects in grooming gangs and called out authorities. For denying the pattern without digging deeper, Maggie Oliver, the 70-year-old whistleblower behind the foundation,

1:04blew the whistle after resigning from greater Manchester police in two, 2013 over their handling of grooming cases in Roxdale. She argues survivors shouldn't relive trauma just to see promises broken, and her group has long pushed for better data and support for victims. The government insists it's committed, pointing to a strategy with new laws and parliament for mandatory reporting, better barring systems, longer, claim windows, and tougher grooming sentences. Still, critics say too many changes remain stalled. This court challenge could force real answers on why these safeguards lag, pushing for the action kids desperately need,