Liz Truss has rejected claims from minister Jess Phillips that she started the “far-right bandwagon” over a grooming gangs probe. The government suddenly decided to hold a national inquiry into the ...

Jess Phillips has accused senior Conservative politicians of only recently taking an interest in the grooming gangs scandal due to the influence of tech billionaire Elon Musk. Speaking after the ...

Former PM hits back at claim over online furore and doubles down on accusation that safeguarding minister was ‘excusing ...

ONLINE child sexual abuse could be “the next grooming crisis”, experts warn ministers. Children are being groomed and coerced ...

A child sexual exploitation scandal first exposed by UTV, helped inform research on the scale of failures by the authorities ...

The new inquiry into grooming gangs will be statutory, meaning investigators will have special powers to compel testimony or release of certain forms of evidence. Examples of recent statutory ...

Reluctance to hold a public inquiry into the scandal has made the government look like it has something to hide.

Labour MP Natalie Fleet had earlier appeared on GB News, where she condemned Badenoch and gave an impassioned defence of Jess Phillips.

The Labour led Birmingham City Council had been set to resist Conservative calls for a new public inquiry into child sexual exploitation - but now Keir Starmer has u-turned ...

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and her team have been criticised for 'unpleasant politics' after appearing to claim credit for the grooming gangs inquiry announcement ...

Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage have been criticised for politicising the grooming gangs inquiry. Following the publication of Baroness Louise Casey’s audit of grooming gangs, the government yesterday ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s grooming gang inquiry does not go far enough, victims and campaigners have said. Four people affected by the rape gangs scandal spoke at a press conference held by Kemi Badenoch on ...