The grooming gang inquiry is becoming more chaotic by the day as people continue to step away from the process. Now pressure is mounting on safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, who has faced calls to resign over the whole palaver. Four child sex abuse survivors have dropped out of the victims’ advisory panel while the two people publicly touted to chair to the inquiry have also stepped away. Oh dear…

The situation is heating up for Phillips – after the four survivors unanimously called for her to resign over the issue. Their position was reiterated by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, who fumed that Phillips ‘should be sacked’ given the abuse victims claimed she had ‘lied to them’. Badenoch went on:

The victims have said she should be sacked. We on

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