Grooming report leads calls for action on child sexual exploitation
A independent report into child sexual exploitation has revealed more than 3,000 children have gone missing in Greater Manchester in the last year.
- Ashley Derricott - Correspondent
Calls for more community projects to help tackle abuse
One thing Ann Coffey MP highlights in her report is that the police cannot tackle child sexual exploitation alone.
She calls for for a new approach led by young people themselves.
Among the projects visited and praised by Ann Coffey MP is one in Oldham run by two sisters.
Ashley Derricott went to meet some of those on the front line in the battle against child sexual exploitation.
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Child sexual exploitation is the 'social norm'
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