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EPISODE · Mar 31, 2026 · 58 MIN

The One with the Public Inquiry

from The Bad Apple · host The Bad Apple

Would we just be better off burning the police force to the ground? This week, my co-host Ann Beswick, detective turned educator, brings her bad apple to the pod.Four years ago, the government was given recommendations regarding the protection of children in care, based on a seven-year-long inquiry into the Rochdale abuse case. Four years on, nothing has changed.Maggie Oliver, detective turned whistleblower, is now taking the government to court in a landmark case over MPs’ complete lack of care regarding the safety of our children. Sit back and listen as we discuss professional curiosity, multi-agency working... and the theft of a Mars Bar.

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