The women said safeguarding minister Jess Phillips had labelled some of their claims 'untrue' but said they had provided evidence to support their arguments View 2 Images Jess Phillips is under pressure (Image: PA Archive)

The four abuse survivors who quit the grooming gangs inquiry have vowed to return if safeguarding minister Jess Phillips resigns. They said the Labour MP had labelled some of their claims “untrue” but they had provided evidence to support their arguments.

Ellie-Ann Reynolds, Fiona Goddard, Elizabeth Harper and a woman named only as “Jessica” said there are five conditions that must be met for them to return to the advisory panel.

As well as Phillips’s resignation, they called for survivors on the panel to be consulted on the appointment of a chair “who must

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