US EditionGrooming Gang Survivors Say They’ll Rejoin Inquiry If Minister Jess Phillips Resigns
Four survivors resigned from the inquiry over concerns about inquiry scope and leadership, accusing Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips of dismissing their evidence and breaking trust.
- Four women who resigned from the national grooming gangs inquiry stated they would return if Jess Phillips resigns, claiming she labeled their evidence as untrue.
- Survivors of grooming gangs stated they would return to the inquiry if Jess Phillips resigns after she called some claims untrue, and they provided evidence supporting their statements.
- Ellie-Ann Reynolds, one of the survivors, expressed concerns that changing the inquiry's scope downplays racial and religious motivations behind abuse.
- The Prime Minister insisted the inquiry is not and will never be watered down and will include the ethnicity and religion of offenders.
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Why Jess Phillips is in the firing line in the grooming inquiry chaos
Labour MPs spent their last long spell in opposition yearning to be in government so they could make a difference, rather than merely complain from obscurity. Now they’ve had long enough in power to realise an uncomfortable truth: even as a minister, you can still be totally powerless. The only person in Westminster who seems capable of getting anything done is Baroness Louise Casey. Baroness Casey, who, as well as running the most recent review…
Grooming Gang Victims Demand Govt Minister Resign.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A group of survivors of Muslim grooming gangs has left an official government inquiry into group-based child sexual exploitation, citing trust issues.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Survivors Ellie-Ann Reynolds, Fiona Goddard, Elizabeth Harper, and “Jessica,” alongside former police officer Jim Gamble, Baroness Louise Casey, and Jess Phillips, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Gir…
Irish News
The Independent (US)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.
Pressure Grows on Jess Phillips to Resign After "Calling Grooming Gang Victim a Liar" as Fifth Survivor Quits Inquiry
Pressure is growing on Jess Phillips to resign after she "called a grooming gang victim a liar" over a bid to water down the national inquiry and as a fifth survivor quits saying she has been offered "no support".
Oxford Mail
thisisoxfordshire.co.ukVictims who quite grooming gang inquiry 'may return if Phillips resigns'
Controversy over the government's handling of the grooming gangs inquiry continues, as four victims who quit the panel call for Jess Phillips'…
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