14 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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14 h. ago Finding chair for grooming gangs inquiry could take months – Government source

The probe has been thrown into disarray after the withdrawal of two candidates for chair, as well as five survivors from the advisory panel.

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41 h. ago UK grooming gangs inquiry suffers fresh setback as another potential chair pulls out

Jim Gamble, a former police chief and frontrunner for the role, withdraws amid growing discontent among survivorsUK politics live – latest updatesA frontrunner to chair the national grooming gangs inquiry has withdrawn amid growing discontent from survivors over the government’s handling of the process.Jim Gamble, a former head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, is the second candidate to step down over the last two days, government sources have confirmed. Continue reading...

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42 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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7 d. ago Experts urge UK to ban cigarette filters to protect health and environment

Researchers say filters do not reduce toxicant exposure and are major contributor to plastic waste crisisCigarette filters do not work and are a major source of plastic pollution that should be banned by the UK government, experts have said.In an editorial in Addiction, the journal for the Society for the Study of Addiction, researchers argue that ministers should use a forthcoming tobacco and vapes bill to “ban filters in the interests of public health and the environment”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer says he is ‘absolutely committed’ to Northern Powerhouse Rail

The delayed Northern Powerhouse Rail plans are to be unveiled ‘in the coming weeks’, a Government source has said.

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