Survivors of child sexual exploitation in Oldham, England, have issued statements calling for peace and urging the public to refrain from politicizing the issue. They expressed the trauma of recent weeks following a public backlash against Labour's decision to reject a national inquiry into the local authority's handling of grooming gangs. While continuing to fight for a national review, survivors welcomed a local Telford-style inquiry as a compromise. The announcement of a £5m funding package and the involvement of Tom Crowther KC, who led the Telford review, provided some support for the local effort.
Survivors of child sexual exploitation in Oldham called for ‘peace’ and asked the ‘far right to stop using this for their own agenda’ in statements shared at Oldham ’s full council this evening .
The statement was read out by Oldham's deputy mayor Eddie Moors at a full council meeting, while protestors from right-wing group Turning Point UK protested outside the Civic Centre, calling for 'justice for victims of CSE'. The statement went on to described the ‘extreme extra stress’ of the recent media treatment of the issue, which has caused a ‘decline in mental health’ for survivors and their family members.
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