A third abuse survivor has resigned from their role in the government’s inquiry into grooming gangs.”Elizabeth” – not her real name – joined Fiona Goddard and Ellie Reynolds, who quit the inquiry’s victims and survivors liaison panel on Monday in protest.In her resignation letter, Elizabeth said the process felt like “a cover-up” and had “created a toxic environment for survivors”.Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips has denied claims of a cover-up and insisted her government was “committed to exposing the failures” to tackle “these appalling crimes”.Elizabeth, who is from Rotherham, said she felt the process had been “scripted and predetermined”, “rather than emerging from honest, open dialogue with survivors”.”This sense of control and stage-management has left many of us questioning whether our voices truly matter, or whether we are being used to legitimise decisions that have already been made,” she added.Survivors have been concerned that if people are already giving up on the inquiry it will not be able to gain the trust and confidence of others affected.There is also frustration around the length of time it has taking to appoint a chairperson, with some seeing this as a delay tactic because of fears of what might be exposed. The government is under pressure to come up with a plan that satisfies the survivors at the heart of this scandal.Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced in June there would be a national inquiry into grooming gangs covering England and Wales, with a panel of survivors set up to oversee the process.Howev …
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[mwai_chat context=”Let’s have a discussion about this article:nnA third abuse survivor has resigned from their role in the government’s inquiry into grooming gangs.”Elizabeth” – not her real name – joined Fiona Goddard and Ellie Reynolds, who quit the inquiry’s victims and survivors liaison panel on Monday in protest.In her resignation letter, Elizabeth said the process felt like “a cover-up” and had “created a toxic environment for survivors”.Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips has denied claims of a cover-up and insisted her government was “committed to exposing the failures” to tackle “these appalling crimes”.Elizabeth, who is from Rotherham, said she felt the process had been “scripted and predetermined”, “rather than emerging from honest, open dialogue with survivors”.”This sense of control and stage-management has left many of us questioning whether our voices truly matter, or whether we are being used to legitimise decisions that have already been made,” she added.Survivors have been concerned that if people are already giving up on the inquiry it will not be able to gain the trust and confidence of others affected.There is also frustration around the length of time it has taking to appoint a chairperson, with some seeing this as a delay tactic because of fears of what might be exposed. The government is under pressure to come up with a plan that satisfies the survivors at the heart of this scandal.Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced in June there would be a national inquiry into grooming gangs covering England and Wales, with a panel of survivors set up to oversee the process.Howev …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]
