{"id":210556,"date":"2025-01-08T11:08:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T11:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/jess-phillips-does-not-rule-out-new-national-inquiry-into-grooming-gangs\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T11:08:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T11:08:04","slug":"jess-phillips-does-not-rule-out-new-national-inquiry-into-grooming-gangs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/08\/jess-phillips-does-not-rule-out-new-national-inquiry-into-grooming-gangs\/","title":{"rendered":"Jess Phillips does not rule out new national inquiry into grooming gangs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jess Phillips has said “nothing is off the table” when dealing with the grooming gangs scandal – including a new national inquiry if victims want one.<\/p>\n

The safeguarding minister told Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby<\/a><\/strong> on the Electoral Dysfunction<\/a><\/strong> podcast that she would listen to victims on a new panel that was announced by the government this week.<\/p>\n

“Nothing is off the table,” she said.<\/p>\n

“And if the victims come forward to me in this victims panel and they say, ‘actually, we think there needs to be a national inquiry into this’, I’ll listen to them.”<\/p>\n

Politics latest: Tories told to ‘put up or shut up’<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Her comments come days after it emerged she had rejected calls from Oldham Council to hold a government inquiry into grooming gangs in the town, and said the council should commission one instead.<\/p>\n

That has led to tech billionaire Elon Musk<\/strong><\/a> attacking her and Sir Keir Starmer<\/a><\/strong> for not holding a national inquiry and accusing the prime minister of being “complicit” in the abuse.<\/p>\n

Professor Alexis Jay finished an eight-year national inquiry into child sexual abuse in 2022 and set out recommendations for the government.<\/p>\n

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What happened in the grooming gangs scandal?<\/a><\/strong>
Why the Tories’ attempts to force inquiry won’t work<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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The Conservatives tabled an amendment to the Children’s Safeguarding and Schools Bill on Wednesday to require a statutory inquiry into grooming gangs.<\/p>\n

However, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson told Sky News the Tories “don’t care about children”<\/a><\/strong> as the amendment could prevent the entire bill from going forward.<\/p>\n

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She said: “The measures that I’m setting out today and the legislation in many ways go further because it puts a requirement on all councils to have teams working to keep children safe.<\/p>\n

“And the bandwagon jumpers that have come along in recent days, they don’t care about children, they don’t care about making sure that we stop this and we take action.<\/p>\n

“They had years to do it and they didn’t do it.”<\/p>\n

The Conservatives also rejected a call from Oldham Council for a government inquiry in 2022.<\/p>\n

You can listen to Beth’s full interview with Jess Phillips in a special episode of <\/strong><\/em>Electoral Dysfunction<\/strong><\/em><\/a> released on Thursday.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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