Jess Phillips on BBC Newsnight and Liz Truss

Liz Truss has rejected claims from minister Jess Phillips that she started the “far-right bandwagon” over a grooming gangs probe.

The government suddenly decided to hold a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal over the weekend.

The announcement was a shock, considering prime minister Keir Starmer accused any politicians calling for such a probe of “jumping onto a far-right bandwagon” back in January.

The grooming gangs scandal went viral at the start of the year when tech magnate and then-Donald Trump ally Elon Musk called safeguarding minister Phillips a “rape genocide apologist” for not ordering a national inquiry into the historic abuse.

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