The grooming scandal: Will the core issue be addressed?

7th November 2025Phil Cleary – Security expert, technology entrepreneur & author

Former West Midlands Sergeant Phil Cleary, co-founder of SmartWater and now a published novelist, shares one officer’s account of how underfunded services, not indifference, may have shaped the failures around the UK child grooming scandal that are now widely condemned, explores what could have been done differently, and suggests steps the current Government could take to reset the child protection and safeguarding response.

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The grooming scandal: Will the core issue be addressed?

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