Today I spoke with the Welsh victim of grooming gangs referenced by Darren Millar MS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 in the Senedd. Emily’s story is shocking and hard to hear. But it’s real - and she says there are still grooming gangs operating in Wales. buff.ly/3PEIFMn

“This is not about politics – it’s about justice, compassion, and ensuring that no other victim suffers in silence.” 👈 Darren Millar MS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 We need a Wales-wide inquiry into grooming gangs. nation.cymru/news/welsh-vic…

A reminder that the Llywydd and our First Minister admonished and shut down Darren Millar MS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 when he referenced courageous Emily’s grooming gang story in the Senedd. Apologies are in order. Excellent report by Emily Price for Nation.Cymru.

Just days ago, Telford & Wrekin Council was crowned “Council of the Year” praised for blazing a trail in safeguarding, cited as “national best practice” for its approach to child sexual exploitation. I’ve lived in Telford for 25 years, half my life. My children were born here.

🚨Inquiry into grooming gangs announced🚨 🗣️ Darren Millar MS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿: “While this inquiry is welcome, it is long overdue. Every month of delay in getting to this position has caused even more hurt to those brave victims who have spoken out about their harrowing experiences...” 🧵1/4

🚨BREAKING: Baroness Casey sought sexual abuse and exploitation data from the Welsh Government that they did *not* provide. Serious questions for the Labour Government on NHS data collection. Wales must not be an afterthought. If this data isn't collected, then why not?

'Is it a commission or an inquiry?' Charlie Peters says the government’s vague language on tackling grooming gangs matters — the difference could mean justice misses the organised trafficking links between towns. 'There are people in power who don’t want to go there!'

As a national inquiry is finally announced, here’s a throwback to what happened when Darren Millar MS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 raised the horrendous experience of Emily at the hands of a rape gang in Wales. Accusations of ‘discrimination’. Wales MUST be included in the scope of the inquiry.

Has the cover up already begun? This deserves answers.

Labour and Plaid Cymru shamefully voted against a grooming gangs inquiry. They shouted down Darren Millar MS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 when he called for justice for the victims. Labour and Plaid should apologise.

Welsh Conservatives were the only party calling for an inquiry into grooming gangs. Darren Millar MS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 was shouted down in the Senedd when he highlighted the issue. It's time for the brave victims to finally get the answers they deserve.

The evidence is clear, child sexual exploitation has been happening in Wales. I welcome Keir Starmer’s grooming gang inquiry U-turn, overdue though it is. Fear of being accused of racism must not deter authorities from acting. Brave victims deserve nothing less. #FMQs

Andrew Bridgen My daughter reported CSE in Telford, 2022. What followed was over 3 years of professional abuse, erasure, and retaliation, not just against her, but her brother too. 80 professionals. All documented. Still in post. Just this year, a CSE lead has actively harmed a known

Yesterday, I called on Labour's First Minister to publish correspondence on grooming gangs and to meet with Emily Vaughn ( ENSLAVED ) a leading campaigner and victim of sexual exploitation. She declined to respond. I've also written to reiterate my calls👇

WALES - Senedd member Jane Dodds, saying she will vote to BLOCK the inquiry into Rape gangs of children … because she doesn’t like the term “grooming gangs” Sensitive to everyone except those poor children, she isn’t outraged or furious and condemns those who are, as Right

Hard to believe that Jane Dodds was a Child Protection Social Worker for 27 years, yet intends to vote to block the inquiry because she doesn't like the term Grooming Gang. She thinks there should be 'outrage and fury', just not by people on the right. Woman's a moron.

It’s not racist to speak up for victims of Grooming Gangs. The truth is not racist.

My speech last night at the TRIC Awards Most of the people I wanted to thank are anonymous. They still need protection. Their abusers and those who protected them remain free. This award is dedicated to those survivors but it doesn’t stop here. We’ll keep going. Thank you! 🏆

Telford is trumpeted as a “model of CSE reform” yet our lived evidence tells another story. ▸ 80-plus professionals across education, social care, health & policing were involved with my two children (2022-25). ▸ Every statutory safeguard was breached: no timely risk

Excellent report by Hope for Justice and partners on the positive impact of Independent Modern Slavery Advocacy in achieving sustainable recovery. Survivor led design should be the expectation, not the exception. Snowdrop Project Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner shorturl.at/v4c1H