that's according to whistleblower maggie oliver. a cop out on social care reforms. the i leads with starmer faces growing threat from reform over migration, poll reveals. and the mirror has a nice little earner that's luke littler, who just won the darts, and the daily star has secretary, secretary of state for the bleeding. obvious. that's wes streeting, which is the story we're going into now. wes streeting has ordered cold pensioners to just wear more clothes. i thought he was a socialist. he sounds more like ayn rand. >> yeah, but that's the word on the street. wes streeting says pensioners should layer up as millions struggle without winter fuel payment. it's an embarrassing situation for them, isn't it? because what can he say, really? they've put out a yellow warning for snow, which i thought that meant don't eat the snow. it's a different kind of yellow warning, apparently, but it covers most of england and wales, and apparently it's going to be worse in scotland. and why they mentioned that that's a given, isn't it? because

her name is maggie oliver, and she resigned in 2012 saying victims were being let down and she has sention letter to the home secretary yvette cooper, warning she would take her to court unless she takes urgent steps to allay widespread public concern over gangs sexually exploiting children. she has now said she has put the home secretary on notice and that she will commence legal action if yvette cooper fails to publish a timeline, she says, for implementing all 20 recommendations in alexisj's report in 2022. so we are now waiting for yvette cooper to address the commons and we have already reported that some local inquiries have already taken place but yvette cooper is expected to announce new inquiries into child sexual abuse and it comes after three labour mps publicly expressed support for a national inquiry. the rotherham mp, sarah champion and the rochdale mp, paul vaughan. sarah champion and the rochdale mp, paulvaughan. 0thersenior sarah champion and the rochdale mp, paul vaughan. other senior labour figures, the manchester mayor, andy burnham havejoined figures, the manchester

inquiry had excluded a huge number of witnesses who wanted to make statements, including people like maggie oliver and whistle-blower. she ave a lot detective and whistle-blower. she gave a lot of _ detective and whistle—blower. she gave a lot of evidence to the greater manchester review commissioned by andy burnham. she also has a commissioned by andy burnham. sue: also has a huge amount commissioned by andy burnham. s12 also has a huge amount of experience and knowledge on what has taken place and she should have been the first person to be on the evidence list for a national inquiry and she wasn't. tomorrow the conservatives will force a vote in parliament. kai also said the inquiry _ force a vote in parliament. kai also said the inquiry was _ force a vote in parliament. kai also said the inquiry was further - said the inquiry was further reaching than grooming gangs and i think a national inquiry and what happened in terms of the grooming gangs and the people who knew about it such as the police. but you were in government for that i was culture secretary and this came nowhere near my desk. bu

they they get treated as if without people like maggie oliver and others bringing their voices to thed actually, in fairness, someone like charlie peters, who has been banging this drum for at least 2 or 3 years before any of elon musk's sort of tweets, i think the reason they've they're putting out fires, fires in other areas, unfortunately, we had right back in the summer, the sort of donor gate and yeah, right the way up to now with tulip siddiq being up to her neck in it, it wasn't seen as a priority. >> something clearly, clearly going wrong. we've had dan carden mp now call for a national inquiry. there's lots of people breaking ranks. andy burnham, who's surging ahead in popularity of keir starmer is he finished. is keir over. >> i think he was over before this. personally i think i've always said i said on election night that he would he would likely not last the full term. and i think the way that current trends are going, it's quite clear that at the moment labour will not win in scotland, which will not win in scotland, which will put huge pressure on, especially after the

and you, how did you hear of the maggie oliver foundation? how did you first get in touch? o i was actually at home one day. i was heavily pregnant and i was watching celebrity big brother. and i saw maggie go on there. i saw her little introduction and i was just in awe. i was in awe of this woman. i suddenly felt a warmth to her, and i didn't. i couldn't tell you why or explain why. i wasn't sure. i just felt a very strong warmth to this woman. and, you know, i watched her on big brother. i watched her talk about the rochdale grooming scandal, the whistle blowing and how much that she'd bought for these girls. and i watched a programme, the three girls and i player. and a few years later she was she just remained on my mind. she remained in here somehow. and so i looked her up and i sent her an email, and i just wanted to let her know what i thought. she was such an incredible woman, the work that she was doing for these girls. and i just thought how i would have loved that safe, that safe person. not in the same context, but i don't know, she just there was something abou

so i'm delighted to be joined live by maggie oliver herself. thank you so, so much for joining us tonight. and forjoining us tonight. and i would just like to start by asking you, look, this isn't really a political issue, is it? this is about the victims and about the survivors. >> first of all, patrick, can i just say how eternally grateful i am? because we are not. my charity is not funded by the state and the government politicians. we are completely non—political. and right from day one, i have always said this is about the truth. it is about the evidence. it is not about point scoring. it's about protecting children who have been repeatedly failed and calling out the lies, the cover ups and the corruption that i have seen for the past 20 years. this subject has taken over my life, and when i started my charity in 2019, i did it because i was falling apart on my own. i now have a team of people who share my passion, but we do not get a penny from the state or for anybody else. so it's the public that have kept us here and i take very, very

so i'm delighted to be joined live by maggie oliver herself. ie, thank you so, so much for joining us tonight. and forjoining us tonight. and i would just like to start by asking you, look, this isn't really a political issue, is it? this is about the victims and about the survivors. >> first of all, patrick, can i just say how eternally grateful i am? because we are not. my charity is not funded by the state and the cha

now, maggie oliver, the former manchester detective who became a whistleblower in the rochdale grooming gang scandal, has criticised prime minister sir keir starmer for his role as director of public prosecutions during the period when grooming gangs operated with impunity. maggie oliver asserts that starmer bears significant responsibility for the systemic failures in addressing these crimes, and has joined calls for a comprehensive, independent investigation to uncover the whole truth of what went on and hold all accountable parties to justice. this request for a government inquiry into the grooming gang scandal in oldham has been rejected by labour mp jess phillips. >> the issue is not whether there's going to be a national inquiry. it is who's going to lead it. what are we going to get out of it? will it be a real attempt to uncover the truth? and in 20 years, martin, all i have seen is this being a political hot potato being kicked around by successive governments who want to cover up the fact that we have a problem in this country. >> i am joined tonight by journalist and broadcas

later in the show, i'll also talk to the peerless campaigner maggie oliver for her feedback on what it feels like to be branded far right by the prime minister. and yet, earlier today, when questioned on the need for a full public inquiry into these rape gangs, sir keir starmer brushed it off as jumping on the bandwagon of the far right. could this lack of empathy turn into a full blown political crisis for our beleaguered prime minister? and elon musk has slammed nigel farage as not up to the job of being reform leader after farage distanced himself from tommy robinson. the decision caused a huge backlash and could cost nigel farage millions of dollars. but has nigel farage done the right thing, or was this an unforced error? and a shocking new analysis of home office data shows that foreign criminals are an astonishing three and a half times more likely to be arrested for sex offences than brits, albanians, afghans and iraqis. top the league of shame. is it time for mass deportations? watched the show? it's a pleasure to have your company, the grooming gang scandal. the rape gang sca

maggie oliver was at the centre of this and she's been highly critical of the prime minister.so you must admit he didn't do enough. >> i actually genuinely don't think that's a fair criticism. as director of public prosecutions, keir opened up a number of historic cases where perpetrators thought they'd gotten away with it. he opened up historic cases to go after those people. he put in place specialist rape prosecutors to build the evidence base, to make sure that convictions, which are notoriously hard to achieve in this area, actually came to pass. one of the reasons keir starmer came into government, into politics is because he recognised that the courts can only do so much. the police and the courts need labour powers, the courts need labour powers, the tools and the resources to do the job. and that's what, as prime minister, he's committed to. >> labour is labour resisting a pubuc >> labour is labour resisting a public inquiry because it's worried about its muslim vote, not at all. >> we as i said, we've got an existing inquiry where recommendations haven't been impleme

whistleblower and charity founder maggie oliver weighs in. after i bring you a breaking news update from the northern town of keighley. and as labour promises just £10 million to fund five separate grooming gang inquiries at a local level, many fear that figure will be nowhere near enough. our panel will give their expert analysis and as kemi badenoch gets herself in a bit of a muddle over means testing the triple lock on british pensions is her cool and collected public persona beginning to slip? state of the nafion beginning to slip? state of the nation starts now. and i'll also be joined throughout the show by my panel. the political commentator ammon bogle and the former adviser to jeremy corbyn, the journalist james schneider. and as ever, let me know your views. gbnews.com/yoursay. but first, before we get cracking, it's time for the news with tatiana sanchez. >> charlie. thank you. we start this news bulletin with some breaking news. former manchester united, manchester city and scotland forward denis law has died at the age of 84. manc

maggie oliver is with us, a ex—police detective and whistle—blower who resigned after the failure toose grooming gangs in rochdale, i need to say grooming because thatis need to say grooming because that is what people are saying, richard scorer, a lawyer who represented girl a and also a policy adviser who writes policies about child sexual abuse. keir starmer yesterday said there is a lot of bandwagonjumping, he is not wrong. lots people have their agendas, that abundantly clear, but he said... maybe his words were clumsy but you seem to say that people calling for a national inquiry were jumping on a far right bandwagon. what do you think of that? inflammatory at the extreme, and insulting. victims and survivors of this kind of abuse are outraged at being accused of being racists for stating the truth. i am not of far right extremist, a dedicated i6 right extremist, a dedicated 16 years of my life to upholding the law, protecting children, i have dedicated my life to trying to raise awareness of this issue because of exactly what you said. these crimes destroy lives. in my charity

well, joining me now to discuss more on this ongoing issue of the grooming gang scandal is maggie oliver and, maggie, first, can i just get your reaction to those sentencings in keighley today? they just showed, don't they, that this is an ongoing crisis? it's not a thing of the past. >> yes. good evening charlie. yeah, it's an ongoing crisis. but the first thing that jumps out at me is the inadequacy of the sentences. it's taken these kids 25 years to get some form of justice. and yet eight men. it means they're going to. they've been sentenced to about seven years each. they'll be out of prison in three years. and that, for me, doesn't reflect the magnitude of the abuse that they are guilty of. and that is one of the features of these cases that i've seen repeatedly. there is some justice there. too little. it should have been deau little. it should have been dealt with 25 years ago. but for the victims, i think they will feel some sense of satisfaction that at least their rapes have been recognised. >> and maggie, just looking through some of the detail from the sentencing today, in o

charlie peters reported in the summer that whistleblower maggie oliver claimed the two leaders of theeview resigned because they were prevented from accessing information they needed. at every turn. we've witnessed obfuscation, frustration and manipulation. now is the chance for labour to bring an end to the cover ups and restore the trust that this scandal destroyed. as ever, let me know your views mailmogg@gbnews.com. well, i'm joined now by the former home secretary, suella braverman. suella, thank you very much for joining braverman. suella, thank you very much forjoining me. this scandal is so appalling. the information that's come out almost unreadable out in a pubuc almost unreadable out in a public arena, it's so deeply shocking. what seems to have been the problem, though, is that nobody was willing to enforce the law because they were worried that they would be accused of being racists. >> yes, jacob, you're you're absolutely right. if that's if there's one way of distilling this scandal, one of the biggest scandals our country has seen in recent years, down to, you know, a

is as guilty as anyone over failures to tackle grooming gangs, according to the whistleblower maggie oliverho helped expose the scandal. it comes as pressure mounts on the government to deliver a public inquiry into the gangs that systematically groomed and raped young girls. tech billionaire elon musk has called on the king to step in and dissolve parliament, after labour rejected a call for a national inquiry. mr musk has been widely outspoken on the issue after claiming the safeguarding minister, jess phillips, deserves to be in prison. >> the scale of the raping of children by these gangs is so wide and has gone on for so long, and was allowed to happen because of various agencies not doing their job properly. it is doing theirjob properly. it is such a serious matter. so many lives have been destroyed. we must do everything possible to ensure it never happens again. and i therefore think that a wide reaching public inquiry with all the statutory powers, so that it could compel people to give evidence, is the very least that the victims deserve. >> former met police detective peter blek

independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has been blasted as a cover up by rochdale whistleblower maggie oliver. the former detective constable, who resigned from greater manchester police over the way they treated vulnerable grooming gang victims in rochdale, told gb news that the inquiry chose to prioritise the voices of officials over survivors, while labour mp dan carden has become the latest mp to break ranks with the prime minister to call for a grooming gangs inquiry. he's urging the prime minister to use the full power of the state to deliver justice. a government spokesperson from the home office issued the following statement. no child should ever suffer sexual abuse or exploitation, and it's paramount that we do more to protect vulnerable children, which is why we are working at pace, they say across government to drive forward real action. in other news, the government will mainline ai into the veins of the uk, with plans being unveiled today by sir keir starmer. the prime minister is set to promise investment, jobs and economic growth due to a boom in the sector. it comes as his go

that inquiry and blew the whistle, and also the whistleblower and the campaigner, the peerless maggie oliver. and also a police and crime commissioner who's called the decision, which is based on money she thinks, as utterly shameful. and after a terrorist killed 15 and hospitalised 35 others in new orleans on new year's morning, the fbi are now investigating a link between a car bomb that exploded outside the trump hotel in las vegas. we'll bring you all of the latest and in the latest attempt to smash the gangs, the government has threatened to close down their social media accounts of the people smugglers. seriously? well, that kind of clampdown really strike terror into the heart of the world's most evil criminals. and with freezing weather, snow and floods set to blast britain, and once again, gas prices are set to soar. millions of british pensioners who lost their winter fuel allowance will be hit with the perfect storm. i'll speak to the founder of the pensioner votes.com, who tells me british pensioners are terrified. and that's all coming up in your next hour. once the show is a pl

and this is the words of ex—detective maggie oliver, of course, a whistleblower and features heavilycharlie peters explosive and excellent report for gb news. and she thinks the pm must bear some responsibility for the widespread failure to bfing for the widespread failure to bring those responsible to justice. and she went to it onto x and said those leading these inquiries have always wanted to cover up the truth, to hide it. and i'd say it's become even worse in recent months with those who dare to speak out finding themselves in prison. within a couple of days, when victims wait six, seven, eight years for a trial, corrupt and just wrong. so, look, let's make no mistake. this is britain's darkest secret currently. and we should be thanking people like elon musk for talking about it. and as far as i'm concerned, almighty hell should be unleashed on anybody who has stood in the way of justice. how the uk can look the rest of the world in the eye until we have a full and transparent public national inquiry over the child grooming gang scandal is beyond me. and i don't care if the who

according to whistleblower and amazing woman maggie oliver, who helped expose the grooming gang scandaloriginally, the former greater manchester police detective has uncovered widespread abuse in rochdale and she had no faith that the prime minister wanted to get to the truth and find out once and for all, holding those responsible and fully accountable. joining me now is donna jones, the police and crime commissioner for hampshire and the isle of wight. donna, thank you very much for joining me this afternoon. really appreciate your your time on this story. now. it's a story that's been going on for decades. for decades we've had inquiries, we've had probes, we've had all sorts of things. nothing's been done, though. so do we now, once and for all, need an all encompassing inquiry to get to the bottom of this and finally hold those responsible to account. >> well, good afternoon, and thanks for having me on to talk about such an important topic once again on gb news. and well done to gb news for keeping with this really, really important national story. you know, i did, i was on gb two

. >> tonight we close the fundraiser for the maggie oliver foundation. so those brave victims of grooming gangs can finally get the justice and support that they desperately need. so far, you wonderful people have raised an amazing £331,000. so thank you so, so much. you can go to gofundme.com forward slash stop grooming gangs donate. can we get it to 350 grand by the end of the show? in other news, mr corbyn anything to say at all on your interview with the police? >> goodbye. >> goodbye. >> why were jeremy corbyn and john mcdonnell looking a little bit shifty? leaving a police station on my panel tonight is daily express columnist carole malone, ex—chairman of the tory party, sirjake berry, and former labour minister bill rammell. oh, and of course, just when you thought that hamas couldn't get any worse, alan. >> shearer. salma. >> shearer. salma. >> and what on earth is going on here? >> this one really matters. and i just want to say thank you for making it happen. thank you. >> get ready britain. here we go. let's make britain great again. next. >>

we have now raised more than 250 grand, actually, for the maggie oliver foundation to show that the victims of rape gangs, that you really care about them, you can go to gofundme.com forward slash stock grooming gangs. now to donate. we're going to be hearing from a brave survivor later in the show. in other news. two thirds of illegal immigrants with ankle tags have cut them off and they're now on the run. is detention the only answer also is that hamlet of our time. >> they promised the electorate much while pouring the poison into their ear. to go or not to go. that is now a question. >> rachel reeves. they're laughing as she makes you poorer. >> i invite you all to join this government of service. >> oh yeah. government of service. starmer's anti—corruption minister has resigned amid a massive corruption row, plus spending how many millions a day on hotels put into the nhs.7 we've got incest nurses and now we've got incest nurses and now we've got corridor nurses. what on earth is going on at the nhs.7 >> and nora forster quick as you can. good lad. >> british pub culture is under threa

survivor ambassador at the maggie oliver foundation kelly lees will be joining us. but before we get started, let's get your latest news with sam francis. >> nana, thank you and good afternoon to you. it's just gone 3:00. well, the top story this houn 3:00. well, the top story this hour. the prince of wales and his wife have said they are shocked and saddened by the death of his former nanny stepson in a vehicle attack in new orleans. the 31 year old edward peta depher was one of 14 people killed when a pickup truck ploughed through crowds on new year's day, injuring at least 35 others. the king has offered personal condolences to the pettyfer family, who say edward was a wonderful son and a friend, adding they are devastated by the loss. meanwhile, police say the suspect, shamsuddin jabbar, also fired shots before being killed by officers at the scene. the fbi confirmed an islamic state flag was found in the vehicle while president biden linked the attack to terrorist motives. reform uk leader nigel farage says the gloves are off, vowing to ramp up his campaigning

. >> well, the announcement came a day after the former greater manchester police detective, maggie oliver, threatened the home secretary with legal proceedings unless action was taken. >> well, police forces will be encouraged to reopen cold cases. victims are urged to report to report historic cases. >> well, here's what the home secretary said in the house of commons yesterday. >> effective local inquiries can delve into far more local detail and deliver more locally relevant answers and change than a lengthy nationwide inquiry can provide. so tom crowther kc, chair of the telford inquiry, has agreed to work with the government to develop a new framework for victim centred, locally led inquiries where they are needed and as a first step to work with oldham council and up to four other pilot areas. >> well, the announcement met with criticism from the shadow home secretary, who called the plans wholly inadequate. >> home secretary just announced government support for only five local inquiries. let me say this is wholly inadequate when we know up to 50 towns are affected. so i have some