基尔·斯塔默爵士可能会被传唤，要求他就那些专门针对儿童的性剥削犯罪团伙的相关调查提供证词。该调查的听证会预计将于12月举行。
Sir Keir Starmer could be summoned to give evidence to grooming gangs inquiry Sir Keir Starmer may be required to give evidence at the grooming gangs inquiry, with hearings due to begin in December. The former prime minister has been granted core participant status for the public inquiry into grooming gangs.
这位前首相已被授予“核心参与者”的身份，这意味着他在调查过程中享有特定的权利，并可以与其他与调查相关的个人或组织一同出席听证会。
This means he will have specific rights within the inquiry, and may appear alongside other individuals or organisations relevant to the investigation.
虽然许多被列为“核心参与者”的人士都被要求或被迫提供证词，但目前尚不清楚基尔·斯塔默是否也会被要求这样做。
While many core participants are asked or compelled to give evidence, it is unclear if he will be required to do so.
在最初拒绝启动这项调查的提议后，基尔·斯塔默爵士在去年仍担任首相期间同意举行公开听证会。政府此前因处理该问题的方式而受到广泛批评，尤其是在透明度和调查范围方面。
After initially refusing calls to launch an inquiry, Sir Keir agreed last year, while still in Number 10, to hold public hearings. The government had faced a barrage of criticism over its handling of the issue, particularly around the issues of transparency and scope.
此次调查将重点审查英国各地的城市和城镇，特别是那些当局对当地儿童性剥削案件的应对措施不力的地区。伦敦、奥尔德姆、布拉德福德和基利等城市将成为调查的首批对象；在伯明翰和威尔士活动的犯罪团伙也将成为调查的重点。
The investigation will examine specific cities and towns across Britain over allegations that authorities responded inadequately to local claims of child sexual exploitation by various grooming gangs. London, Oldham, Bradford and Keighley will be among the first towns and cities the inquiry will focus on.
这项调查是基于路易丝·凯西女男爵2025年发布的那份严厉批评性报告而展开的。该报告指出，当局未能有效保护儿童，未能准确记录犯罪数据，也未有效打击针对儿童的性剥削犯罪。
Gangs which operated in Birmingham and Wales will also be examined. The inquiry follows Baroness Louise Casey's 2025 damning report, which concluded that authorities had failed to protect children, track crime data accurately, and confront group-based child sexual exploitation.
尽管政府接受了报告中的建议，但仍面临批评——因为许多类似的问题此前已在其他报告中被提及。
The government accepted the recommendations from the inquiry, but continued to face criticism as many of the same issues had been raised in previous reports.
随后，科技巨头埃隆·马斯克通过他的社交媒体平台X（原Twitter）公开抨击了基尔·斯塔默爵士，进一步引发了国际社会的关注。拒绝出席宣判的罪犯将面临新的处罚。
Tech billionaire Elon Musk then raised international attention on the issue when he used his X social media platform to attack Sir Keir over the long-running scandal. Offenders who refuse to attend sentencing to face new penalties The hearings programme of the inquiry is made up of three phases, with the first taking place in December and January.
此次调查的听证会程序分为三个阶段，第一阶段已于12月和1月举行，主要目的是审查当地服务机构在救助受害者及幸存者方面存在的不足。
This is set to examine the ways in which local services failed victims and survivors.
调查还将评估过去调查的结果及提出的建议是否得到了有效落实，从而真正带来实质性的改变。后续听证会将于明年3月和4月举行。
It will also look at whether the findings of past investigations and recommendations were implemented successfully to bring about meaningful change. Further hearings will be held in March and April next year.
在竞选工党议员期间，接替基尔爵士（Sir Keir）成为首相的安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）坚称自己在担任大曼彻斯特市长期间“立即采取了行动”来打击犯罪团伙，并指责他人故意歪曲事实。
During his bid to become a Labour MP, the man who replaced Sir Keir as prime minister, Andy Burnham, insisted he "acted immediately" on grooming gangs while he was mayor of Greater Manchester and criticised others for manipulating the facts.
这项耗资6500万英镑、为期三年的调查由前英格兰儿童事务专员安妮·朗菲尔德女男爵（Baroness Anne Longfield）负责主持；该调查拥有法律权力，可以强制证人出庭作证，并要求相关组织提交相关文件。
Former children's commissioner for England, Baroness Anne Longfield, is leading the £65 million three-year inquiry, which has the legal powers to compel witnesses to give evidence and require organisations to hand over documents.
任何被发现的犯罪证据都将被移交至“Beaconport行动”（Operation Beaconport）——这项由警方发起的调查行动旨在重新审查数百起此前被搁置的调查案件。
Any evidence of crimes uncovered will be referred to Operation Beaconport, the national police operation launched to review hundreds of previously closed investigations.