2 w. ago Brave grooming gang victim who was drugged and raped as a child says she 'doesn't trust Keir Starmer' after quitting 'toxic' inquiry

Ellie-Ann Reynolds, 24, from Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, has spent 11 years trying to get people to hear her as she has bravely opened up about the horrific abuse she suffered as a child.

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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 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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2 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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 w. 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 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Labour's grooming gangs inquiry is plunged into chaos: Potential chairwoman pulls out as third abuse survivor quits panel

The departure of senior social worker Annie Hudson comes after two victims of child sexual abuse resigned from a liaison committee attached to the inquiry, citing a 'toxic, fearful environment'.

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3 w. ago Labour accused of 'sabotaging' grooming gangs inquiry after abuse victims quit panel

The resignations have triggered renewed calls for the inquiry to be scrapped and replaced with a fully independent, judge-led process

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