48 h. ago Why John Swinney must go over trans women in female prisons and grooming gangs

The First Minister’s reason for not backing an inquiry into grooming gangs does not stand up to scrutiny

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7 d. ago Government issues statement on Oldham grooming gangs inquiry

Home Office minister Jess Phillips has given an update

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage appears alongside grooming gang victim to declare Labour's sex abuse inquiry 'dead in the water' as he calls for MPs to set up their OWN commission

The Reform UK leader claimed the public were 'running out of patience' with the Government's promised inquiry, which is yet to get up and running.

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage appears alongside grooming gang victim to declare Labour's sex abuse inquiry 'dead in the water' as he calls for MPs set up their OWN commission

The Reform UK leader claimed the public were 'running out of patience' with the Government's promised inquiry, which is yet to get up and running.

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage conference LIVE: Reform UK leader delivers statement on grooming gangs inquiry

The press conference comes as the grooming gangs scandal deepens and outrage grows over the early release of a sex attacker and soaring asylum hotel bills

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage press conference LIVE: Reform UK Leader to deliver statement on grooming gangs inquiry

The press conference comes as the grooming gangs scandal deepens and outrage grows over the early release of a sex attacker and soaring asylum hotel bills

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2 w. ago The child abuse inquiry was meant to move the dial. Three years on, nothing has changed

As the row surrounding the future Grooming Gang Inquiry deepens, Bryony Gooch reflects on the third anniversary of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, as those who were involved warn key recommendations still haven’t been implemented

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2 w. ago Grooming gangs survivor who quit inquiry panel claims Starmer WANTS the investigation to fail

Elizabeth Harper, who was abused in Rotherham aged 14, said the Prime Minister wanted the inquiry to fail as it would damage his party.

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2 w. ago We have been stripped of our voices, say grooming gang survivors as they demand two things over ‘shambolic’ inquiry

FOUR grooming gang survivors say the “shambolic” government inquiry into their abuse feels like the “final insult”. Ellie-Ann Reynolds, Fiona Goddard and another two survivors known as Elizabeth and Jessica all walked away from the inquiry in “disgust” this week — telling The Sun on Sunday they feel “stripped of their voices”. Today they are...

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2 w. ago Grooming gang victims who quit inquiry hit back at joint letter sent by Sir Keir Starmer

Fiona Goddard (pictured) and Elizabeth Harper were among the four women who left the national probe's victim and survivors liaison panel this week.

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2 w. ago Starmer stands by Jess Phillips as grooming gang survivor threatens to sue minister

Jess Phillips is coming under increasing pressure to resign as safeguarding minister with the grooming gang inquiry in crisis

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2 w. ago Grooming gangs victim who was first to quit inquiry panel threatens to sue Jess Phillips for 'libel'

Fiona Goddard (pictured) issued the warning in a letter her solicitors wrote to the parliamentary under-secretary for safeguarding and violence against women and girls on Friday.

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2 w. ago Met Police launches massive new grooming gangs inquiry with 9,000 cases probed again after criticism of Sadiq Khan and UK's biggest force

The Mayor of London has repeatedly denied that his city was blighted by the kinds of child abuse seen in towns such as Rochdale and Rotherham.

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2 w. ago Grooming gang survivor threatens to sue minister in row over inquiry’s focus

Solicitors for Fiona Goddard wrote to minister Jess Phillips on Friday demanding an apology.

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2 w. ago Oldham grooming gangs survivor backs Jess Phillips after calls for minister to quit

The grooming gangs inquiry has been thrown into disarray

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2 w. ago Labour minister says they won't be 'rushed' into launching shambolic grooming gangs inquiry after it emerges finding someone to run it could take MONTHS

Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said finding the right chairperson for the investigation is a 'crucial appointment to get right' after leading candidates backed out.

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2 w. ago Grooming gang survivors risk becoming pawns in a political game that is no place for vulnerable people | Gaby Hinsliff

The chaos surrounding the inquiry stands as a warning: this is what happens when collapsing trust in public institutions, combined with point scoring, leads to paralysisIn the early hours of the morning, the cars would pull up outside the Bradford children’s home where Fiona Goddard lived as a teenager.Staff were worried about the men coming to collect her – records show she was felt to be “at high level of risk from unknown males” – but the policy was not to go to the police unless a child’s behaviour became concerning or she was seen being actively “dragged into a car”.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Grooming gang inquiry may not begin until 2026 as search for chair 'could take months'

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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2 w. 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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