The government's national inquiry into grooming gangs has been accused of "descending into chaos", with Home Office minister Jess Phillips being called a "liar" for disputing allegations that the inquiry is being diluted.

It comes after three survivors resigned from the inquiry's liaison panel, while a frontrunner to chair it has also pulled out of the process.

Fiona Goddard and Ellie Reynolds, two prominent survivors, resigned from the panel over the last 48 hours, expressing concerns about how the process was being handled.

A third, who goes by the name of Elizabeth - which is not her real name - followed this afternoon.

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Some of their fears centred around the perceived prospect of the inquiry being diluted by broadening

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