HISTORICAL FACTS: 8 - The Untold Story

Government approach to grooming gang inquiries is shameful – Sir Trevor Phillips

He claimed the reason ministers are not pursuing the local reviews in five towns is ‘obviously political’.

Evening Standard · Apr 9, 2025

Lisa Nandy insists Government not watering down grooming gangs response

Ministers faced a backlash in the Commons for not providing an update on local reviews into grooming the Government had previously promised.

Evening Standard · Apr 9, 2025

Child protection authority to be set up after child sex abuse inquiry

There has been pressure to implement 20 recommendations made by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in its final report in 2022.

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2025

Duchess of Edinburgh urges ‘collective effort’ to tackle online child abuse

Sophie and safeguarding minister Jess Phillips joined forces to highlight the need to tackle child sexual abuse and exploitation online.

Evening Standard · Mar 26, 2025

Duchess of Edinburgh and Jess Phillips raise need to tackle online child abuse

Sophie and Ms Phillips will travel to Brussels on Wednesday, where European politicians are gathering to draw attention to the harms children face.

Evening Standard · Mar 26, 2025

Royal Society decides not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk

Exclusive: Fellows argue Musk has violated code of conduct but council believes investigation ‘could do more harm than good’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2025

Teenage boys are targeting girls online for sexual abuse and violence, warns National Crime Agency

Reports have surged in the last three years of gangs of boys sharing extreme violence pictures and misogynistic online

Evening Standard · Mar 25, 2025

Counter terror tactics help Met Police catch 100 predators targeting women and girls

The Metropolitan Police says the V100 initiative has doubled the likelihood of them arresting the worst predators, but Sadiq Khan warned ‘there is still work to do’

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2025

Locations of grooming gang inquiries to be revealed ‘very soon’ – minister

When pressed to disclose the areas conducting local inquiries into grooming, Jess Phillips said the Government’s plans would ‘come before Easter’.

Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2025

The Observer view: Femicide will only end when we stop letting killers off lightly

Allowing violent men to plead manslaughter on the basis of a loss of control wrongly limits their liability

The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2025