22 h. ago Grooming gang inquiry ‘may not take place till next year’ amid infighting over Jess Phillips’ role

Four women who resigned from the victims liaison panel have called on Jess Phillips to resign - while five survivors on the panel have backed the safeguarding minister

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29 h. ago PM personally intervenes to contact grooming gang victims as ex

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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32 h. ago FIFTH victim quits grooming gang inquiry panel as PM insists Jess Phillips WON'T be sacked over chaos

The woman, who goes under the pen name Gaia Cooper, complained she has been offered 'no support' and the process is being used as a 'political battering ram'.

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34 h. ago Grooming gang victims call for minister to resign from inquiry

Survivors accuse Jess Phillips of being ‘unfit’ to lead investigation

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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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37 h. ago Jess Phillips will not resign over grooming gangs row, minister insists

Children’s Minister Josh MacAlister offered a strong defence of Ms Phillips, and insisted his colleague was 'properly engaging' with survivors of the grooming gang scandal

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39 h. ago Victims who quit grooming gang inquiry panel ‘may return if Phillips resigns’

As well as Jess Phillips’s resignation, they call for ‘all survivors on the panel to be genuinely consulted on the appointment of a chair’.

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57 h. ago Jess Phillips faces demands to QUIT as Labour is accused of 'watering down' grooming gang inquiry after four victims quit panel

Furious victims have been calling for the Home Office minister to go claiming she had accused them of 'lying' about efforts to water down the probe.

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3 d. ago London grooming gang victims ‘killing themselves’ while Sadiq Khan 'turns a blind eye'

London grooming gang victims ‘killing themselves’ while Sadiq Khan 'turns a blind eye'  Daily Express

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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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3 d. ago Second grooming gang survivor quits inquiry panel over claims ministers will 'shy away' from racial or religious motives behind sexual abuse

Fiona Goddard accused the Home Office of watering down the probe and the government of creating a 'toxic environment' for fellow survivors.

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4 d. ago Grooming gang victim quits 'toxic' inquiry panel and accuses government of watering down probe into scandal

Fiona Goddard, one of the first to go public about abuse she endured in Bradford, has shared a letter criticising how the UK-wide probe is being handled by officials.

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2 w. ago How victims are learning to trust again as Rochdale grooming gang members jailed

The Manchester Evening News has spoken to Detective Superintendent Alan Clitherow and Assistant Directorate Manager of Manchester’s Saint Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre to discover what is being done to ensure victims are listened to, believed and trusted

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3 w. ago Rochdale grooming gang victims ‘seriously let down’ by authorities, says judge

Seven Asian men received lengthy jail sentences for committing various sexual offences against the then schoolgirls between 2001 and 2006.

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4 w. ago Rochdale grooming gang victim took her own life after police refused to help

Officers snubbed calls to search for suicidal grooming gang victim, while NHS services denied her a place on mental health ward

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