and tom crowther, the kc that did telford, is going to provide some advice and a kind of blueprint for carried out. and ministers are really keen they're kind of locally led that they're victim led. the question is over things like are they going to have enough clout? you know, are they going to have the power to summon people that they need to summon? telford didn't have any statutory powers in that way. so there is a bit of a question mark. government says they're looking at things like this duty of candour. so public officials have to be honest and open and transparent, and they think that will help. but i think there are still some question marks over whether it will _ go far enough on the accountability front for some people. so i had a quick look at that telford report, which came out last year, and i compared it with the report in rotherham that louise casey had done in the 20 tens. louise casey again, and they're two very, very, very different documents like the louise casey report sort of names people and bad cultures in the council and is quite explicit about the race issue.

be focused on the victims and led locally, they will get support from central government, so tom crowther kcvide support and help build a framework for these inquiries. the rapid audit of existing evidence will be carried out by baroness louise casey. it will take three months and looking to a range of existing cases, data, etc, and also ethnicity and cultural drivers towards grooming. there is also a broader push to get more data collated by police forces and councils on these issues. —— collected. the home secretary says by easter, they will have set out a timetable for meeting the 20 recommendations of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse. that was the big inquiry led by professor alexis j. that was the big inquiry led by professor alexisj. it that was the big inquiry led by professor alexis j. it took seven years, and one of the points she has made really strongly in the last two weeks is that they heard from more than 7000 survivors of abuse during that time, and she believes that what they want is action rather than more talk, so this announcement is trying to tread a really

so tom crowther kc, chair of the telford inquiry, has agreed to work with the government to develop aew framework for victim centred, locally led inquiries where they are needed and as a first step, to work with oldham council and up to four other pilot areas. >> but her announcement was met with criticism from the shadow home secretary. >> home secretary just announced government support for only five local inquiries. let me say this is wholly inadequate when we know up to 50 towns are affected. so i have some serious questions for the home secretary. firstly, how are the other 40 plus towns supposed to get answers to the questions that they have? >> well, do you know what they are? do you know what this is? and i think it's embarrassing, actually. now, what it is, is they don't want to say that they need to have a national inquiry. so instead of doing that, they are like doing little steps, little steps to make it look like we haven't capitulated. i mean, it's very, very childish. and there are people now, we know that this is a thing that's happening nationally all across the count

so tom crowther kc, chair of the telford inquiry, has agreed to work with the government to develop a framework for victim centred, locally led inquiries where they are needed and as a first step, to work with oldham council and up to four other pilot areas. >> so they got it wrong initially and then they u—turned under pressure. i don't think we can say that she's handled that well. i mean, what else is her job? oh yeah. stopping the boats. well, we have seen more than 1000 illegal immigrants cross the channel since new year's day. she's had several big moments to deal with. southpaw pakistani rape gangs, illegal immigration. hasn't she messed them all up? let's get her thoughts on my panel this evening. columnist and broadcaster esther krakue. gb news presenter alex armstrong and the journalist jonathan les. esther, i'll start with you. do you think yvette cooper is basically just messed everything up? i mean, if so, why is she still in a job? well. >> i don't think she should be home secretary for various reasons, but, i mea

. >> and so tom crowther kc, chair of the telford inquiry, has agreed to work with the government to develop a new framework for victim centred, locally led inquiries where they are needed. >> oh gosh, i think it's fair to say that we you really have forced yvette cooper into a pakistani rape gang inquiry. >> also, as a rule of thumb, i never encourage anyone to work with reform . with reform. >> is sadiq khan just a nasty piece of work? i speak to the man who was grilling him there later and he has the tour for every season. >> gave me all this pain so i can understand the meaning. i don't understand the meaning yet. >> is this really life for me? >> is this really life for me? >> the bbc stoops to yet another new low, as it turns out that they've done a pr job for a rapper who murdered teenager jimmy mizen. on my panel tonight, it's the former tory mp anna firth, conservative peer lord bailey and the former labour adviser matthew lazar. oh, and can you tell me what's wrong with this? oh jesus christ. >> oh, oh, okay. >> oh, oh, okay. >> we're out of time. we're out of time. >> get

so tom crowther kc, chair of the telford inquiry, has agreed to work with the government to develop a new framework for victim centred, locally led inquiries where they are needed and as a first step, inquiries where they are needed and as a first step , to work and as a first step, to work with oldham council and up to four other pilot areas. that will also include support for local authorities who want to explore other ways to support victims, including local panels, or drawing on the experience of the independent inquiry truth project. madam deputy speaker, the government is already drawing up a duty of candour as part of the long awaited hillsborough law, so we will also work with mayors and local councils to now bolster the accountability mechanisms that can support and follow up local inquiries to ensure that those who are complicit in cover ups or to try to resist scrutiny , or to try to resist scrutiny, are always robustly held to account, and truth and justice are never denied. this new package of national support for local inquiries will be backed by £5 million of additional

so tom crowther kc, chair of the telford inquiry, has agreed to work with the government to develop aew framework for victim centred, locally led inquiries where they are needed and as a first step to work with oldham council and up to four other pilot areas. >> well, for more on this and the big political stories of the day, i'm delighted to say i'm joined in the studio by christopher hope, our political editor and the shadow justice secretary, mr robert jenrick. gentlemen, welcome to the show, chris. i'm sorry. i'm going to go with robert first today, if that's okay. thanks for coming to the studio. my pleasure. much, much appreciated. let's start on yvette cooper. yesterday, i have to say we spoke to survivors straight after that announcement. it happened during my show and they were seething. they were utterly furious. five out of 50 towns. no legal teeth to compel people to actually turn up. no power to put them in jail. £5 million for five towns. when the telford inquiry costs £8 million. it was absolutely lambasted by survivors and by almost all of our viewers. what's your take

so tom crowther kc, chair of the telford inquiry, has agreed to work with the government to develop a new framework for victim centred, locally led inquiries where they are needed and as a first step to work with oldham council and up to four other pilot areas. >> well, the announcement met with criticism from the shadow home secretary, who called the plans wholly inadequate. >> home secretary just announced government support for only five local inquiries. let me say this is wholly inadequate when we know up to 50 towns are affected. so i have some serious questions for the home secretary. firstly, how are the other 40 plus towns supposed to get answers to the questions that they have? >> well, let's speak now to former adviser to michael gove, charlie rowley. good to see you this morning. charlie. do you think this goes far enough? >> i don't think it does. and i think you'd be hard pressed to find anybody that thinks it goes far enough. you don't have to be in politics. you don't have to be a political pundit or of any kind of political party to work out that if you've got up to 50