Watch live: Keir Starmer faces PMQs grilling on child grooming gang inquiry
Watch Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch clash live at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday 22 October.
The government’s investigation into the grooming gangs scandal is likely to be in the spotlight after four abuse survivors resigned from their roles on the victims and survivors liaison panel this week.
The two survivors, Fiona Goddard and Ellie Reynolds, resigned on Monday, October 20, while two unnamed women followed on Tuesday, October 21.
The women accused ministers of suppressing their voices and hoping to widen the investigation to divert attention away from Labour-led councils.
“This sense of control and stage management has led many of us to question whether our voices really matter or whether we are being used to legitimize decisions that have already been made,” said one of the women, who asked to remain anonymous.
Speaking after the resignations, Shabana Mahmood stressed that the scope of the investigation would not change and “will never be watered down on my watch”.
Sir Keir is also expected to face a row over calls to strip Prince Andrew of his dukedom, which would require an act of Parliament.
It comes after Andrew renounced his title as Duke of York last week ahead of the publication of his accuser Virginia Giuffre’s memoir.
Sir Keir and Badenoch’s latest confrontation came just hours after new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed inflation in the UK remained at 3.8% for the third month in a row.
Angela Rayner will also make a personal statement to the House of Commons following her resignation as deputy Prime Minister in September. He stood down after admitting he had not paid the correct stamp duty on his £800,000 flat in Hove.
