Charlie Peters
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National Reporter @GBNEWS | Presenter 'Saturday Morning Live' 10-12.
Joined November 2014
Britain’s grooming gangs scandal is attracting attention. It’s happened before, but now it seems different. I’ve dedicated most of my career in journalism to covering it. Because it’s the most appalling atrocity in modern British history. In this thread, I’ll tell you what I
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Thousands of Dutch locals surround the full perimeter of the Airborne Cemetery, commemorating the 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden. The Dutch have been immense all week. They have turned up in droves at every event. They do this every year. Incredible people. 🇳🇱🇬🇧
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Chatting with an asylum seeker on the bus. He’s from Kuwait - one of the safest countries in the world - and has been in Britain since 2021. He’s never worked. Lives in central London. Catches up with friends on his iPhone. So much evidence of total system failure in one man.
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I've had dozens of interviews with survivors of grooming gangs. They are all immensely brave. But by far my most harrowing interview was with a father who was threatened by the police when he tried to rescue his daughter from a rape den. Pure helplessness and pain.
Whoever ordered the arrest of fathers trying to protect their daughters from gang rape should be in prison for life.
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In 2022 I told Rotherham politicians live on @GBNEWS that I was coming for them with new reporting on their failure to confront the child abuse gangs. In 2023, they were all deselected by the Labour Party. In 2025, I've got bigger targets lined up. You're on notice. Standby.
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Derek Heggie has pleaded guilty to making racially aggravated comments. But what did he post?. In videos referring to Muslims, Heggie said "young white girls are being raped by these grooming gangs". The prosecution said his comments were "inflammatory"
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@elonmusk No police officer or government employee has ever been imprisoned for their gross misconduct in dealing with the grooming gangs horror. But I’ve got plans to expose many of them in 2025 and reveal some of the senior leaders who failed to tackle the atrocity. Stay tuned.
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An IOPC whistleblower has told @thetimes that the investigation into Rotherham abuse gang failures “barely scratched the surface” and deliberately avoided senior police officers. The probe examined 47 officers. None lost their jobs. The most severe sanction? A written warning.
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Trying to film some interviews in Rotherham for reaction to the vote in parliament last night. No one would speak to us. Pakistanis at the market claimed they didn’t know it was going on. A white man warned “anyone who puts their head above the parapet gets shot.”. Just silence.
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Me returning to the family home after months away to begin a coronavirus lockdown
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We’ve failed to openly discuss just how appalling the grooming gangs abuse is. Many of the survivors endured nothing short of torture. So why do Britons know more about George Floyd than this national atrocity?
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I know there are still guilty men — in the police and the councils — who still need to face justice. For example, for police officers in Rotherham, there were 265 allegations of misconduct, with 91 investigations involving 47 officers. Of those, only five suffered any penalties.
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“What is civilisation? I don’t know. I can’t define it in abstract terms, yet. But I think I can recognise it when I see it.” Turning to Notre Dame, Clarke added: “And I’m looking at it now.”
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How the grooming gangs scandal was covered up. This piece with @SAshworthHayes covers some of the atrocity’s worst details. The abuse is still happening. To STOP it, we need to understand how the state failed survivors. That’s why many want an inquiry.
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An abuse gangs survivor from Oldham told me this morning: “Jess Phillips says Elon Musk needs to get to Mars, I would say that she needs to get to Oldham. She never spoke to us before she turned down our request for an inquiry.”.
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When did it start?. Reports of gangs of men abusing children via on-street grooming go back as far as the 1970s. But it first came to major prominence after Labour MP Ann Cryer raised concerns about the targeting of young girls by “Asian men” outside school gates. It was 2003.
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I’ve asked some survivors of the abuse gangs for their reaction to Starmer’s line that those calling for an inquiry are just jumping on the bandwagon amid the ‘poison’ of the ‘far-right.’. I can’t print anything that I’ve been told so far. Just pure anger.
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Wow: Luton has 145 barber shops and beauty salons, a 61% rise since 2019. The number of barbers in Eccles Road, Salford has shot up from 3 to 16 in just a few years. Almost 6,000 new barbershops have opened across Britain since 2019. What's behind this nationwide surge?
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The dam has well and truly burst, hasn't it?. We can't ignore the abuse gangs scandal any longer. Survivors across the country have been clear: Justice delayed is justice denied. They want the truth and they want accountability. Now.
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I'm at Manchester Crown Court for the trial of eight men accused of sex grooming offences in Rochdale. Naheem Akram, Mohammed Shazad, Nisar Hussain, Mohammed Zahid, Roheez Khan, Arfan Khan, Mustaq Ahmed and Kasir Bashir deny all charges, which include 43 counts of rape.
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Exclusive: Labour has rejected Oldham Council's request for a government inquiry into grooming gangs. GB News has seen a letter from Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips urging the council to organise their own inquiry.
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@michaelwhite Girls were put in cages and made to bark like dogs. Others were hooked on heroin and killed with overdoses. They were doused in petrol and violated with bottles, knives, hot irons. That’s not sex, it’s torture. The state knew about it. Many looked away; some colluded. Okay???.
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At the scene of a mass stabbing in Croydon, one of the victims describes the moment he confronted a black man in a balaclava who was attacking people with a ‘rambo knife’
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Then a year later in 2004 came 'Edge of the City,' a Channel 4 documentary about social workers in Bradford. Hours before transmission it was yanked from the schedules. Unite Against Fascism, The 1990 Trust, and the National Assembly Against Racism lobbied Channel 4 to drop it,.
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Lawyer David Greenwood warns today that a grooming gangs inquiry would reveal horrors in Bradford. He adds that the abuse in the city is bigger than was exposed in Rotherham. The council has always resisted calls for an investigation.
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The grooming gang story is a stake through the heart of multicultural Britain. For decades, gangs of largely British Pakistani men deliberately targeted and abused underage white girls. And the authorities did nothing because they did not want to rock the boat of racial.
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2 months after seeing her abusers jailed, a Rotherham survivor returns to court to see their sentences reduced by years after an error. At court, the rapists' relatives mock her and allegedly threaten violence. It sounds like a crazy nightmare, but it all happened this week.
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An Afghan asylum seeker followed a schoolgirl and raped her behind a pub in Falkirk town centre. The girl was collecting a prescription when she was approached by Sadeq Nikzad, 29, who she struggled to understand before he assaulted her.
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When we finally broadcast 'Grooming Gangs: Britain's Shame', I was relieved. It was a big project. And soon after the then-Home Secretary @SuellaBraverman announced a new taskforce to tackle the grooming gangs, our key policy demand in the documentary. It made hundreds of.
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In 2010 he heard a radio report about a grooming gang in Manchester. He started going through archives. What he found was a pattern. Since 1997 there had been 17 cases in 13 towns where a group of men had approached a girl on the street and groomed her. Of the 56 convicted, 3.
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Rest in peace Andrew Norfolk, the reporter who did more than any to expose Britain’s grooming gangs scandal. The country has lost one of its greatest investigative journalists. His bravery overcome pressure to look away, his kindness meant survivors trusted him. Hero.
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A journalist based in the north was the next to pick up the story. Andrew Norfolk at The Times had reported on Ann Cryer. But he moved on because he admitted: "I didn’t want the story to be true because it made me deeply uncomfortable.". "The suggestion that men from a minority
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The report was so damning that Rotherham Council was investigated in 2015. Louise Casey found that the authorities had failed the victims and that the council had covered-up the abuse. Political correctness was to blame. But also something more sinister. Pakistani British.
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There were serious questions about how the crisis had been allowed to go on for so long. One instance has always stuck with me. In March 2000, a secret deal was cut. It was arranged between a child rapist and police officers. An abused girl was handed over to the police by her.
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Reports of the abuse in the town went back decades. The victims who spoke to Norfolk revealed how they’d been horribly abused: the most horrific torture and sexual depravity. And they also spoke of how the authorities - Rotherham Council and South Yorkshire Police - had failed.
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When the solicitor complained, she was told never to refer to 'Asian' men ever again. She was also booked on a two-day equality and diversity course. You read that right. Raise concerns about minority rapists targeting girls and you'll be sent for ideological re-training. And.
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This was one of the most extraordinary and emotive experiences I’ve had as a journalist. Seven convicted sex abusers sat silently in the dock - many looking to their families in the public gallery or glumly staring at the floor - as a survivor of the ‘harrowing’ ordeal they.
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“We are granddaughters of the witches you weren’t able to burn” . No you work in HR.
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Abid Younis was part of an evil 10-strong gang that abused a 12-year-old girl. He owns a property proposed for a children's care home conversion. Since our story went live, I understand that this planning application has now been withdrawn.
EXPOSED @GBNEWS: Convicted grooming gang child abuser in plot to transform property he owns into a children’s care home .
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Andy Burnham refers to the Greater Manchester review into child abuse. In July we revealed that the two men leading the review RESIGNED after they were blocked from accessing information. @AndyBurnhamGM will you release their resignation letter?.
"People are going straight to propaganda about the issue". Greater Manchester mayor @AndyBurnhamGM suggests propaganda is being shared about grooming gangs and slams politicians for 'not showing interest in the investigation he ordered'. #TrevorPhillips
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More recently, a study found that Pakistanis dominate national grooming gang statistics. By comparing the number of prosecutions to the overall population it showed that 1 in every 2,200 Muslim men over 16 in England and Wales had been prosecuted for this crime from 1997 to 2017.
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I’ve seen several posts complaining about the discussion of grooming gangs being ‘toxic’ and a ‘political football.’ . But what do survivors make of this surge in attention? Every single one I’ve spoken to in the last few days is delighted that it’s getting so much coverage.
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What blew this open was the small town of Rotherham, with its decaying steelworks and beautiful medieval chapel. There Andrew Norfolk met Jayne Senior. She ran Risky Business, a youth project working with children at risk of exploitation. More and more of her work had come to
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Sunset at ‘a bridge too far’, Arnhem. 80 years ago today British paratroopers were overrun in a heroic airborne operation. Their last radio transmission said: "Out of ammunition. God save the King.". We honour them this weekend.
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But the true horror of the grooming gangs scandal is that Rotherham wasn’t the only town. There was also Rochdale. A gang of Asian men had abused girls. They took them to a 'special place' and plied them with alcohol. Then they were passed around from man to man, like a ball.
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Rotherham, Rochdale and Telford are just a handful of the towns and cities that have endured these abuse gangs. I've compiled compelling reports and successful prosecutions from across Britain, from Bristol and Oxford right up to Glasgow. The horrors in each of these towns
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There was also a Home Office report. In 2000 a local solicitor worked with Risky Business. She discovered the scale of the abuse and how much of it revolved around the gangster Arshid Hussain and his brothers. But when she filed her report she was told it was “unhelpful”. And.
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The strategy of the groomers was to pose as a friend or a boyfriend. That's why we call them grooming gangs. Then draw the girl into their social circle, with gifts and attention. They’d offer them drugs and alcohol. And then they’d abuse them. Threats were used - against them
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The good news is that European leaders distressed by the American stance on Ukraine can turn to their powerful militaries that have been bolstered by years of strong industry, growth and cheap energy rather than preferences for net zero. Ah. Wait. Never mind.
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The same dark forces that want you to not notice this moved fiercely against Andrew Norfolk. He was accused of being a racist and an Islamophobe. An unholy alliance of the far-left and Islamic groups hounded him. It was simple. They would repeat the lie over and over. And.
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And then there was Telford. The Labour council there tried to block an inquiry. 10 men wrote a letter to the Home Secretary saying it wasn't necessary. Some claimed reports of abuse, uncovered by investigative journalists, had been 'sensationalised', even after what had been.
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People are still denying the racial aspect of the grooming abuse gangs scandal. The Rochdale ringleader viciously assaulted many white girls over several years, and accused the judge, jury, and police of promoting "white lies.". Many girls were abused because they were white.
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In the winter of 2021 I started a project. The grooming gangs scandal had always horrified me. But the trail seemed to have gone cold. And nobody had really brought all the journalism together. So, with my friend @dampierguy, we put together a few hundred quid, took some time.
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This conversation sparked by the abuse gangs scandal is spiralling into political gossip. Let's bring it back to what matters: the survivors and getting the action they need. So far, the government’s response to the demand for a national public inquiry has been to point to the
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20 years ago, Labour MP Ann Cryer raised concerns about Pakistani abuse gangs in Keighley. Labour officials said she was being racist. Keighley has still not had an investigation into the abuse. Today, Labour MPs will vote against a public inquiry into every town like Keighley.
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Since the film was released I've continued to champion the cause of the survivors for this nationwide scandal. There has been bold reporting from some other outlets, but prominent voices and commentators in the mainstream continue to neglect the truth of the crisis. Perhaps they.
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The state has gone to great lengths to avoid admitting this. After years of pressure, the Home Office was forced to commission a report into grooming gangs. At first, the civil servants tried to spike it. And when that failed, they botched it. Rather than use their own trove of
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The year-long investigation shocked me to my core. Not just at the scale of the abuse or the way it had been covered up, but at the fact it was still going on. After all these years, what the victims were telling me was that the abuse hadn’t ended. In some cases, it was
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These two gents appeared at Westminster Mags today. While waiting for their case to be heard, they abused my black cameraman by calling him an "uncle Tom", called us racists because we work for GB News, and said that Hamas were "freedom fighters.". This happens far too often.
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Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips responds to Tory Saqib Bhatti, who asks why just 5 areas will have grooming gang inquiries when GB News has found over 50 towns and cities affected by this crisis?
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Wow. a leaked Home Office review into 'Non-Crime Hate Incidents' claims that grooming gangs are an "alleged" issue frequently exploited by "right-wing extremists" to promote anti-political correctness narratives
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Gutted for any Britons who feel duty-bound to distance themselves from this unbelievable spectacle due to their politics. This procession is just epic. Nobody does it better.
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Hamas and Hezbollah: had tea with them in Parliament. The IRA: had tea with them in Parliament. Anti-Semite Raed Salah: had tea with him in Parliament. President of the United States: "I wouldn't have invited him"
Theresa May has invited President Trump to our country at a time when his dangerous and inhumane policies are putting the lives and wellbeing of millions of people at risk. #TrumpUKVisit
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And some of them were organised. In some places I was followed. The streets were hostile. I'll never forget my first days of investigating and filming in parts of Telford, Rochdale and Glodwick near Oldham. It was a genuinely hostile environment. My small team stood out
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In January, the government asked Louise Casey to conduct a 'rapid audit' of grooming gangs. GB News then teamed up with some grassroots researchers to conduct our own review. The government was meant to publish in 3 months. They're late. But our national review is out today.
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BREAKING @GBNEWS: Three men have appeared at Sheffield Magistrates' Court charged with a number of child abuse offences alleged to have occurred in Rotherham. Basharat Dad, aged 40 and formerly of Rotherham, has been charged with 13 counts of rape, four offences of trafficking.
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Extraordinary breakthrough of this story as Tory shadow Home team now urge Labour to explain why they blocked Oldham’s requests for an investigation. They also demand an explanation for Jess Phillips’s three-month delay in responding
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Police officers swarm on a man wearing a “Choose Love” top after he tried to interrupt the GB News broadcast from Downing Street. He hit our cameraman. He had been chanting “GB News off our streets.”. We’ll broadcast wherever and whenever we want, thanks very much.
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Tina was abused by gangs in Rotherham aged 11. Made pregnant at 12. Police gave the men cautions. Cops later paid her £50k in compensation. A businessman defrauded her out of the cash, later making gun threats and coercing her into sex. But this nightmare got even worse.
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Naming national scandals where people had 'truth and justice' denied by public authorities, Starmer lists:. Hillsborough, Post Office, Infected Blood, Windrush, Grenfell Tower. But no Rotherham? Telford? Rochdale? . Why didn't they get a mention?.
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I'm thrilled to announce that I've joined @GBNEWS as a documentary filmmaker. I'll be presenting a new series of films investigating the most important and often ignored stories in Britain. Our first, on the grooming gangs scandal, is set for release this year. Stay tuned!.
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Many Labour MPs and senior public figures are still sticking by the line that we don't need a grooming gangs inquiry because the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse was sufficient. I've heard a few more trot it out today. But we know that IICSA refused to investigate.
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A man who died after being assaulted at a Tube station has been named as “gentle and kind” charity volunteer Sam Winter. Mr Winter was assaulted on the stairs at Southwark station last Thursday and died in hospital on Saturday evening.
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This shocking story is finally out. IOPC whistleblowers tell Channel 4 News that investigators were told to IGNORE senior officers when investigating Rotherham grooming gang policing failures.
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Keir Starmer rejected an interview request for this film, which adds to the testimony of how abuse gangs are still operating and getting worse. Starmer wouldn’t appear in it, but did he watch it?. Will he urge the nation to watch it like he did with Netflix drama Adolescence?
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@chrismullinexmp Sorry that our coverage of child abuse torture rape gangs is too ‘nasty’.
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Can't for the life of me understand the people who were terrified of maskless commuters but are now cheerleading for nuclear armageddon.
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Congratulations to former @GBNEWS colleague @darrengrimes_ for winning his council seat in County Durham with 49.7% of the vote.
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1/ Lots of people are spreading this misinformation about the role ethnicity has played in the grooming gang scandal. This is the biggest race hate scandal in 21st century Britain so we need to get it right. Thread….
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Jess Phillips has expressed anger tonight at the slow response to child abuse inquiries. Oldham Council wrote to her in July asking for a government inquiry. GB News revealed that she wrote back — saying no — almost four months later. Will she apologise to Oldham survivors?.
'I am apoplectic that progress has been so slow'. Jess Phillips says 'it didn't take Elon Musk's intervention' for the government to adopt one of the 2022 recommendations on grooming gangs. Speaking to ITV News' @AnushkaAsthana
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