Council leader Stephen Place calls for Bradford to be one of the five focus areas of the inquiry.
Bradford should be one of the five focus areas of a new national inquiry into grooming gangs, according to the city's new council leader. Reform UK councillor Stephen Place, who was elected last month, has written to inquiry chair Baroness Longfield with his request for Bradford and the surrounding area - including Keighley - to be included.
The prime minister announced the statutory inquiry into grooming gangs in June, and a decision on its areas of focus is expected to be announced in the coming weeks. In a statement, the council said child sexual exploitation had been "a big concern in the Bradford district for many years, and there have been many calls for a formal inquiry".
"This issue must be looked at carefully and sensitively, so there is a clear understanding of what has happened over many years. "The prime minister announced a national grooming gangs inquiry in June The news was welcomed by Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore, who has previously suggested the scale of Bradford's problem with child sexual exploitation would "dwarf" other areas.
He said he was "very pleased" that the council leader was joining his "longstanding calls for the Bradford district to be included". Moore said: "Child sexual exploitation and gang-related grooming has haunted Keighley and the wider Bradford district for decades.
" He added: "I only hope that Baroness Longfield and the home secretary hear our joint calls and commence an inquiry across Keighley and the Bradford district without delay. "In October, West Yorkshire's police and crime commissioner Alison Lowe saidWhereas Moore said the Bradford district had been the "epicentre" of gang-related sexual abuse, Lowe - who is also the deputy mayor for West Yorkshire - said current data suggested that Kirklees, Calderdale and the Bradford district were the three areas of West Yorkshire with the most convicted perpetrators.
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