The Casey review into rape gangs is expected to drop next week. After Labour broke its pledge to publish the review in May – it was initially supposed to come out in August – safeguarding minister Jess Phillips apologised and said Casey had requested a “short extension.“ It is now all but finished…
The National Audit on Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse has four aims in its terms of reference:
Sources say the plan as it currently stands is to publish the review on Wednesday after PMQs. The publication date was moved from Tuesday. This suggests Downing Street is concerned about its contents and doesn’t want to be asked about it at Prime Minister’s Questions…
For Labour to dodge questions in this manner would be irregular. The review should be presented to Parliament before Wednesday afternoon…
Burnham confirms he spoke to Trump last night about drilling in the North Sea:
“I indicated in the phone call that we had a week last Monday that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention as we go forward from here. There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that. Hence, me indicating that to the president…”