28 m. ago Second candidate to chair grooming gangs inquiry withdraws after survivors quit

Former police officer Jim Gamble is reported to have pulled out of the process.

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36 m. 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among survivorsUK politics live – latest updatesA frontrunner to chair the national grooming gangs inquiry has withdrawn amid growing discontent from survivors over the government’s handling of the process.Jim Gamble, a former head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection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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74 m. 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The person thought to be the last remaining candidate to chair the grooming gang inquiry has withdrawn from contention, plunging the probe into fresh chaos.

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76 m. 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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2 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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2 h. ago Keir Starmer defends grooming gang inquiry during grilling at Prime Minister's Questions

Prime Minister says ‘injustice will have no place to hide’ as he reveals Baroness Louise Casey will support the inquiry

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3 h. ago London politics LIVE: Keir Starmer grilled at PMQs on grooming gangs inquiry resignations

Sir Keir Starmer faced Prime Minister’s Questions amid a row over the Government's handling of the national grooming gangs inquiry

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3 h. ago Baroness Casey hauled in to save grooming gangs inquiry after four survivors quit, Starmer announces at PMQs

It comes as four survivors quit the probe citing concerns

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3 h. ago 'Victims don't believe you!' Starmer dismisses demands for minister to quit over grooming gangs shambles as he denies '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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3 h. ago PM insists ‘injustice will have no place to hide’ in grooming gangs inquiry

Sir Keir Starmer responded to criticism at Prime Minister’s Questions.

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3 h. ago London politics LIVE: Keir Starmer being grilled at PMQs on grooming gangs inquiry resignations

Sir Keir Starmer is facing Prime Minister’s Questions amid a row over the Government's handling of the national grooming gangs inquiry

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3 h. ago Watch live: Keir Starmer faces PMQs grilling on child grooming gang inquiry

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch face off in Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (22 October).

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4 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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4 h. ago PMQs live today: Keir Starmer faces grilling on grooming gangs inquiry 'chaos'

Cabinet minister apologises over Government's handling of the national grooming gangs inquiry after four abuse survivors quit their roles

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5 h. ago Home Secretary's new vow over grooming gangs inquiry after survivors quit

The probe 'is not, and will never be, watered down on my watch'

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5 h. ago Jess Phillips faces demands to QUIT as Labour's grooming gangs inquiry descends into shambles

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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5 h. ago Grooming gang survivors say ministers trying to water down inquiry despite reassurances

Woman who quit panel says she was asked about ‘broader approach’, despite Shabana Mahmood’s insistence focus will not changeGrooming gang victims have accused the UK government of attempting to manipulate them into broadening a national inquiry to include other forms of sexual abuse, despite Shabana Mahmood’s insistence that the focus will not change.They suspect that the government is trying to deflect focus away from Labour-led councils, wishes to impose a government-friendly chair and wants to avoid raising questions over the ethnicity of the perpetrators, many of whom were men of Pakistani descent. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Home Secretary says 'no hiding place' for grooming gangs as Labour scrambles to save inquiry into scandal

Cabinet minister Emma Reynolds apologised over the Government's handling of the inquiry after four survivors of abuse quit their roles in the probe

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6 h. ago Grooming gangs inquiry will never be watered down, home secretary says, after survivors resign from panel – UK politics live

Keir Starmer likely to face PMQs grilling on claims the inquiry has descended into ‘chaos’Good morning. One of the reasons why Shabana Mahmood was appointed home secretary was because, as justice secretary, when the Tories came at her with a “two-tier justice” attack line that was being enthusiastically embraced by the rightwing media, she saw them off swiftly and effectively (essentially, by coopting the argument and responding). Today she is performing a similar rebuttal operation on the grooming gangs inquiry, which is another area where the Daily Mail/GB News etc are on the warpath and the government is floundering.Here is the Mail’s splash.We are progressing as swiftly as thoroughness allows. Misinformation undermines this process. Allegations of intentional delay, lack of interest and a widening or dilution of the inquiry’s scope are false.It was with a heavy heart, in recent days, I learnt that some members have decided to step away from the group. Should they wish to return,...

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6 h. ago Minister apologises to victims over handling of grooming gangs inquiry

Emma Reynolds insisted the Government is committed to delivering justice.

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