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Female survivors of grooming gangs demand apology from Nigel Farage

Exclusive: Five women said Reform leader’s comments that they were victims of other types of sexual abuse were ‘degrading’

The Guardian - UK

Met Police to review 9,000 cases of child sexual exploitation

The force said many of the cases did not fit the common understanding of grooming gang offending.

Evening Standard

The child abuse inquiry was meant to move the dial. Three years on, nothing has changed

As the row surrounding the future Grooming Gang Inquiry deepens, Bryony Gooch reflects on the third anniversary of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, as those who were involved warn key recommendations still haven’t been implemented

The Independent UK

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Starmer stands by Jess Phillips as grooming gang survivor threatens to sue minister

Jess Phillips is coming under increasing pressure to resign as safeguarding minister with the grooming gang inquiry in crisis

The Independent UK

The UK’s 15-year-scandal no government has gripped: grooming gangs explained

Stretching back to 2012, the government investigation into grooming gangs has a controversial history

The Guardian - UK

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.

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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PM personally intervenes to contact grooming gang victims as ex-Labour minister joins calls for Jess Phillips to resign

The government said Jess Phillips has the ‘full backing of the prime minister and home secretary’ insisting she will stay in post

The Independent UK

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’.

The Independent UK

Abuse survivors: We'll only rejoin grooming gangs inquiry panel if Jess 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’

Evening Standard

Last candidate to chair grooming gangs inquiry withdraws over ‘lack of trust’

Jim Gamble cites ‘vested interests’ and ‘political opportunism’, as Keir Starmer brings in Louise Casey as adviser

The Guardian - UK

The prime minister must take charge of the grooming gangs inquiry

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Neither removing Jess Phillips as safeguarding minister nor appointing Louise Casey to an ill-defined advisory role is likely, on its own, to restore much confidence. For the sake of the hundreds of sexual abuse victims, it is imperative that the PM now finds the right person…

The Independent UK

Grooming gang inquiry chaos deepens as ex-police chief in running to chair it withdraws from process

Jim Gamble, a former senior police officer, was one of two prospective candidates to lead the probe but is no longer seeking the position

Evening Standard

Baroness Casey hauled in to save grooming gangs inquiry after four survivors quit, Starmer announces at PMQs

The PM says Baroness Casey ‘will now support the work of the inquiry and it will get to the truth’

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Standard exclusive investigation: Inside London’s grooming gang shame

Police failure. Institutional cover-up. Establishment silence: The real story of London’s harrowing grooming gang epidemic

The Guardian - UK

UK grooming gang inquiry faces further disruption as candidate for leader withdraws

Former Lambeth children’s services director Annie Hudson pulls out following intense media coverage

The Guardian - UK

‘Damning’ review of anti-Black racism within Met police ‘buried’ by force

Exclusive: External consultancy report found discrimination ‘baked into HR systems’ at London force

The Guardian - UK

Met plunged into crisis amid fresh claims of misogyny and racism

Commissioner Mark Rowley says prejudice has ‘put down deep roots’ within force after BBC Panorama investigation

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The Independent UK

‘Many adult social care services failing to help people live healthier lives’

The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) said a radical rethink is needed of adult social care in England.

The Guardian - UK

Met police investigate possible vetting errors over 300 recruits

Exclusive: Force examining whether hundreds of recruits had substandard or no checks before being allowed to join

The Independent UK

Calls for ‘pension-style’ tax to help fund social care sector

The Social Care Foundation acknowledged such a new levy would be ‘politically unpopular with some groups’

The Independent UK

Baroness Casey ‘keen to crack on’ after first cross-party social care talks

Health Secretary Wes Streeting thanked people for ‘putting politics aside to find a way forward’.

Evening Standard

Ministers accused of making ‘almost no progress’ on grooming gangs inquiry

Home Office minister Jess Phillips told MPs the appointment process was in its ‘final stages’.

The Guardian - UK

Downing Street shake-up: who’s in and who’s out at No 10

Departures and new hires expected to give PM more direct oversight of delivery of key government priorities

Evening Standard

Five Met Police detectives arrested over ‘plot to bury Christmas party sex assault’

Suspects’ homes and the stations where they worked were raided last week Tuesday, watchdog confirms

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