Evidence on grooming gangs may have been destroyed because of 'staggering' Home Office delays in ordering records to be preserved, a committee of MPs has warned. She said the information was central to the public inquiry into grooming gangs, which is set to begin next week. Last June, Baroness Casey of Blackstock's national audit on grooming gangs called for the Home Office to formally require relevant agencies to preserve their records. Mr Moore said: 'This is a staggering failure at the heart of government which once again undermines trust ahead of the national grooming gangs inquiry. A Home Office spokesman said: 'We have established the independent inquiry into grooming gangs to get the answers that victims and survivors of these horrendous crimes deserve.

Source: Daily Mail March 27, 2026 16:18 UTC