26 h. ago Labour's grooming gangs inquiry plunges deeper into chaos as it could 'still take MONTHS' to find a chair

Sir Keir Starmer in June bowed to intense pressure to implement a full national probe into group-based child sex abuse.

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29 h. ago Chaos deepens on Labour's grooming gangs probe as victims demand Jess Phillips quits over 'cover

Keir Starmer has voiced confidence in the safeguarding minister despite four survivors demanding she is sacked amid 'cover-up' claims.

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36 h. ago Grooming gang victims call for Jess Phillips to resign as probe faces further turmoil

The government said Jess Phillips has the ‘full backing of the prime minister and home secretary’ insisting she will stay in post

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51 h. ago Grooming gang inquiry plunged into further chaos as frontrunner to chair probe pulls out

Jim Gamble, a former police officer, has taken his name out of the running amid claims of a ‘highly charged and toxic environment’

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54 h. ago Grooming gang inquiry plunged into fresh chaos as frontrunner to chair probe pulls out

The person thought to be the last remaining candidate to chair the grooming gang inquiry has withdrawn from contention, plunging the probe into fresh chaos.

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54 h. ago Grooming gangs inquiry shambles deepens as ANOTHER candidate for chair pulls out

Former police officer Jim Gamble has stepped away from the process, with government sources blaming the 'intensity of pressure'.

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55 h. ago 'Victims don't believe you!' Starmer faces calls for Jess Phillips to quit over grooming gangs 'cover

In bruising clashes at PMQs, Keir Starmer insisted the probe would not be 'watered down' to avoid considering 'racial and religious motivations'.

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68 h. ago Grooming gangs inquiry in chaos: Labour probe into child sex abuse falling apart as potential chairman and three victims pull out amid 'cover

In a farcical development, a candidate to lead the child sexual abuse review pulled out at a late stage. Three victims have also resigned from an advisory group, labelling it a 'cover-up'.

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69 h. ago Grooming gangs inquiry in chaos: Labour probe into child sex abuse falling apart as potential chairman and three victims pull out amid 'cover

In a farcical development, a candidate to lead the child sexual abuse review pulled out at a late stage.

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2 d. ago The secretive and corrupt strategy behind grooming gangs probe is designed to conceal the truth yet again: MAGGIE OLIVER

The grooming gangs scandal is one of the darkest episodes in modern British history. What has rightly outraged the public is not just the scale of the abuse by predatory gangs.

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3 d. ago Claims of grooming probe ‘dilution’ is false, minister says after victims quit

Jess Phillips rejected concerns, adding the probe will ‘remain laser focused on grooming gangs’ after two survivors quit their roles in the process.

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3 d. ago Grooming gang victims deserve justice, says minister as two survivors quit probe

Fiona Goddard and Ellie-Ann Reynolds resigned from the inquiry’s victims and survivors liaison panel on Monday, levelling heavy criticism at the Home Office’s handling of the issue

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