Lee Anderson was slapped down by Jess Phillips after he accused the minister of being involved in a “cover-up” over the grooming gangs scandal. The rape and torture of vulnerable girls by ...

Elon Musk's attack on Jess Phillips over grooming gangs is a "disgraceful smear", Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said. Tech multi-billionaire Musk posted messages on his social media site X ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that Elon Musk's attack on Jess Phillips over grooming gangs is a "disgraceful smear" Streeting also defended his adult social care ...

As for Jess Phillips, she has argued that child sexual abuse is a crime which extends far beyond the operation of grooming gangs. Quite right, Jess, and thank you for that.

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

Labour minister Jess Phillips has complained to MPs that her decision to reject an independent national inquiry into rape gangs has taken a toll on her personally. Speaking in the House of Commons ...

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.

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 ...

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