The four survivors who quit the grooming gangs inquiry have said they are open to returning – but only if safeguarding minister Jess Phillips quits. Two women, Fiona Goddard and Ellie-Ann Reynolds, ...

Five abuse survivors have written to prime minister Sir Keir Starmer to say they will only continue working with the grooming gang inquiry if Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips keeps her job. It ...

Yesterday, hoping to break the deadlock, the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmoud announced a new chair, the former Children’s ...

Keir Starmer is standing by Jess Phillips, his embattled safeguarding minister, despite one of the women who quit their role on the national grooming gangs inquiry threatening to sue her. Lawyers ...

The Conservatives have set out proposals for a judge-led inquiry to replace the government's delayed investigation into ...

KEMI Badenoch will today unveil an alternative grooming gangs inquiry which focuses on the religion and ethnicity of ...

A long-awaited inquiry into grooming gangs may now not take place until next year. Government sources have told The Times that it could take months to find a new chair after both contenders to oversee ...

A former children's commissioner will chair the inquiry into child sexual abuse by grooming gangs in what will be a "moment ...

Former children's commissioner Anne Longfield will chair the national grooming gangs inquiry, the home secretary has ...

A nationwide inquiry into grooming gangs must “leave no stone unturned”, Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has insisted ...

Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips, who has been called to resign by four survivors, speaks at the Women’s Aid 50th anniversary conference in London on July 18, 2024. (Andy Taylor - Home ...

Peer named as chair of national inquiry, which is expected to cover England and Wales, after long-delayed search ...