Kevin Schofield is HuffPost UK's political editor and is based at Westminster. He has been a political journalist for more than 20 years, and in that time has worked for the Press Association, The Scotsman, The Herald, Daily Record, The Sun and PoliticsHome.
after she rejected calls from Oldham Council for a full national inquiry into the child grooming gangs scandal, which saw vulnerable young girls raped and tortured by groups of mainly British-Pakistani men.Ministers have instead said the focus should be on implementing the recommendations of Professor Alexis Jay’s previous inquiry into child sexual abuse, which reported in 2022.
“He knows nothing about Jess Phillips, clearly. I don’t think he knows that much about this country actually, in terms of the stuff he’s been tweeting. Because if he knew anything about Jess Phillips and the fact that she’s dedicated her life to helping women and girls who’ve been abused, he would know that he’s not fit to lick the boots of Jess Phillips on this.”
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