The government has ditched a victims panel that was advising the national inquiry into the scourge of the Muslim child rape grooming gangs and the failure of local authorities to protect vulnerable girls from sexual abuse.
The Metro newspaper has reported that multiple former members of the victims panel confirmed that it was shut down after the government appointed Labour peer Baroness Longfield to chair the national inquiry.
"Diversity has been our demise"
Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaking at our hearings today👇 pic.twitter.com/BI5KKSsaOI
— The Rape Gang Inquiry (@rapeganginquiry) February 3, 2026
