Met chief: I can understand why woman don't trust the police Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley: Sarah Everard’s senseless and devastating murder was a profound betrayal Evening Standard · Mar 3
Who could fill key No 10 vacancies – and win the battle for Starmer’s ear? Everyone around PM agrees ‘chaos’ at No 10 has to be sorted, but there are competing factions trying to gain upper hand The Guardian - UK · Feb 10
Former children’s commissioner vows to ‘follow evidence’ in grooming gangs probe Baroness Anne Longfield will lead the inquiry over three years with a budget of £65 million, the Home Secretary announced on Tuesday. Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2025
Former children’s commissioner to lead grooming gangs inquiry Baroness Anne Longfield said the inquiry owes it to the victims, survivors and the wider public to identify the truth’. Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2025
Former children’s commissioner Anne Longfield to chair grooming gangs inquiry Peer named as chair of national inquiry, which is expected to cover England and Wales, after long-delayed search The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025
Grooming gangs inquiry ‘must consider ethnicity and religion’, Badenoch says Tory leader also wants time-limit for inquiry, as Labour criticised over delays and rows about investigation’s scope The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2025
Kemi Badenoch presses Government to accelerate grooming inquiry progress The Tory leader is set to unveil draft terms of reference for the inquiry. Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2025
Met police to face ‘Casey 2’ inquiry amid recent scandals Gillian Fairfield to lead review as critics say nothing has changed since 2023 report found institutional discrimination The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025
Former Met police officer accused of using sex workers while on duty Exclusive: Imran Patel, who resigned last year after reports about his conduct, is being investigated by the IOPC The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2025
Met police’s culture makes racial harm ‘inevitable’, internal review finds The revew, the first to focus on the racism of the institution as a whole, found a culture and leadership determined to prevent real change The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2025
Why the UK’s grooming gangs inquiry is in turmoil – and what needs to happen now The UK’s grooming gangs inquiry appears to be in turmoil before it has even started, following the resignation of several women from its victim liaison panel. Their complaints related mainly to appointments to chair the inquiry and the potential for its focus to be widened. The Conversation · Nov 5, 2025
Child prostitution convictions of abuse victims to be pardoned under law change The move acts on one of 12 recommendations made by Baroness Louise Casey in her review of grooming gangs published in June. Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2025
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 · Oct 29, 2025
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 · Oct 26, 2025
The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2025 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 · Oct 25, 2025 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 Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2025 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 Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025 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.
Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025 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.
The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025 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 · Oct 23, 2025 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’.
Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025 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’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2025 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 Independent UK · Oct 22, 2025 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…
Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025 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