14 h. 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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16 h. ago Second group of grooming gangs victims back Phillips after call for her to quit

Four victims previously quit the national inquiry’s victims liaison panel as they urged the minister to step down.

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17 h. 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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17 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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18 h. ago Starmer has faith in Phillips as grooming gangs victims call for her to quit

Four women who quit the inquiry’s victims liaison panel have said they would be prepared to return if Phillips resigns.

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19 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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20 h. ago PM insists Jess Phillips WON'T be sacked over grooming gangs inquiry chaos despite calls from victims

Four women who stepped down from the probe's liaison panel delivered the stark message amid 'cover-up' claims.

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22 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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24 h. ago Pressure mounts on Jess Phillips as victims warn grooming gangs inquiry will FAIL unless Labour minister is sacked

Four women who stepped down from the probe's liaison panel delivered the stark message amid 'cover-up' claims.

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24 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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27 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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42 h. 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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43 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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44 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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45 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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46 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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47 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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56 h. ago Grooming gangs inquiry in chaos: Labour probe into child sex abuse falling apart as potential chairman and three victims pull out amid 'cover

In a farcical development, a candidate to lead the child sexual abuse review pulled out at a late stage. Three victims have also resigned from an advisory group, labelling it a 'cover-up'.

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58 h. ago Grooming gangs inquiry in chaos: Labour probe into child sex abuse falling apart as potential chairman and three victims pull out amid 'cover

In a farcical development, a candidate to lead the child sexual abuse review pulled out at a late stage.

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59 h. 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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