3 d. ago Woman reveals nightmare of being groomed by teacher and raped by paedophile gang

Samantha's ordeal mirros thousands of girls raped by grooming gangs in towns and cities across the UK

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5 d. ago British FBI to investigate claims police sexually abused grooming gang victims

South Yorkshire Police have handed the investigation to the NCA

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6 d. ago Jess Phillips slams ‘idiot’ councils for denying grooming gang threat

Jess Phillips has condemned “idiot” councils that believe there is no grooming gangs problem, before asserting that Elon Musk did not influence the decision to hold a national inquiry.

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7 d. ago Labour accused of using Jimmy Savile’s name to ‘bait’ Nigel Farage

Lawyer for abuse survivors criticises ministers for using late TV presenter’s ‘toxic’ name for political point scoringUK politics live – latest updatesLabour’s use of Jimmy Savile’s “toxic” name appeared to be an attempt to “deliberately bait” Nigel Farage and would distress survivors of child sexual abuse, lawyers for victims of the late TV presenter has said.Alan Collins, the head of the abuse team at Hugh James solicitors, said it was “concerning” to see Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, and others use Savile’s name to try to “score points over political opponents”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Artificial intelligence rollout for police forces to investigate grooming gangs

Officers across all 43 forces in England and Wales will gain access to the investigative technology as part of a £426,000 funding boost.

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9 d. ago Labour reignites row with Nigel Farage as Home Office minister Jess Phillips says Reform UK is 'empowering modern

Home Office minister Jess Phillips launched a fresh attack on Reform's promise to scrap the Online Safety Act.

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9 d. ago Jess Phillips: Nigel Farage would enable ‘modern day Jimmy Saviles’

Jess Phillips, the Home Office minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls, condemned the Reform leader.

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1 week ago UK has got fat on the free labour of women, says Jess Phillips

The minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls said the country has been reliant on the charity of women for years.

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3 w. ago One in seven women ‘have had their finances controlled in recent months’

Surviving Economic Abuse said raising awareness of economic abuse is critical for victim-survivors accessing help.

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3 w. ago Rochdale grooming gang members could be deported amid major development

Rochdale MP Paul Waugh previously described his 'utter outrage' that two members of the Rochdale grooming gang still remained in the UK

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3 w. ago Trees seem to matter more than women in criminal justice system, says Jess Phillips after Sycamore Two jailed

She criticised how some sex offenders avoid prison when the two men who felled the Sycamore Gap tree were jailed for four years and three months

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3 w. ago Jess Phillips agrees the economy ‘isn’t going well’ and it will take time before people feel ‘less skint’

The Home Office minister said the latest rise in unemployment figures were ‘disappointing’

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3 w. ago Labour minister Jess Phillips says rebel MPs right to be punished for ‘slagging off own government’

Comes as Keir Starmer’s attempt to impose discipline on party faces fresh challenge from Diane Abbott

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3 w. ago Labour 'won't be able to govern' unless revolts against Keir Starmer stop, warns minister Jess Phillips

Two London MPs who rebelled lost their Government posts as trade envoys

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3 w. ago Jess Phillips says Labour rebels should not be surprised by the action taken against them – UK politics live

Home Office minister defends Keir Starmer’s decision to remove whip from four MPs and says Labour must ‘act as a team’Good morning. Chief whips tends to be quite secretive, and when four Labour MPs had the whip suspended yesterday, there was no detailed, public explanation as to why they were being punished for rebelling when so many other backbenchers, who have also voted against the party, have not been singled out. As Eleni Courea and Jessica Elgot report in our overnight story, we were just told they were regular rebels.But the best explanation came from the Labour party source who told Geri Scott from the Times that the four MPs – Rachael Maskell, Neil Duncan-Jordan, Brian Leishman and Chris Hinchliff – were being punished for “persistent knobheadery”.I don’t think that the discipline that has been meted out over the last 24 hours is linked to [the welfare bill] because many more people voted against the government than these four people.I actually don’t know because I’m not pa...

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3 w. ago Jess Phillips gives brutal verdict on suspended Labour MPs as huge row erupts

Jess Phillips was pressed on a comment made after four MPs - Neil Duncan-Jordan, Chris Hinchliff, Brian Leishman and Rachael Maskell - had the Labour whip withdrawn

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3 w. ago Rochdale grooming gang ringleaders 'to finally be deported' to Pakistan

Until now Pakistan has refused to accept Qari Abdul Rauf, 55, and Adil Khan, 54, after the pair renounced their Pakistani citizenship before the Home Office took away their British citizenship.

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3 w. ago Rochdale grooming gang ringleaders 'to finally be deported' to Pakistan after UK lifts ban on flights

Until now Pakistan has refused to accept Qari Abdul Rauf, 55, and Adil Khan, 54, after the pair renounced their Pakistani citizenship before the Home Office took away their British citizenship.

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4 w. ago Revealed: Stepfather of grooming gang fantasist Eleanor Williams is fighting for his life after being battered at home

Ronnie Johnston (pictured), 57, was discovered with life-threatening injuries at the end-terrace property in Teasdale Road, Barrow, shortly before midnight on Saturday.

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last month Rochdale grooming gang paedophile who groomed young girls to use as 'sex slaves' feared to have fled the UK

Kasir Bashir was one of seven men convicted of sexually exploiting two teenage girls in the town between 2001 and 2005. But he vanished before his trial and is now feared to have fled overseas.

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