The Times reports on the grooming scandal and how concerns about 'community cohesion' allowed the police to ignored organised abuse of vulnerable girls. There needs to be accountability because as so often happens in the lessons learned paradigm, those who failed are not punished, but promoted and the institutional culture which enabled this dereliction of duty continues unchanged
Priti Patel, the home secretary, said last night that the Rotherham and Manchester scandals represented “a failure of the state to fulfil one of its fundamental roles, protecting our children”. “Institutionalised, corrosive behaviour that disregards victims has to end,” she said. “Tackling this abuse is a priority for the Home Office, which is why I have accelerated the delivery of the Tackling Child Sex Abuse strategy that will put victims first. There will be no no-go areas"