The judgement granting interim bail to the Ashoka University professor came from a bench presided over by the next Chief Justice of India — and disappointed lawyers, legal scholars and liberals ...

Let’s get that dog whistle out, shall we?” Marlon West, the father of a survivor featured in the Channel 4 documentary, said he felt “abused and disrespected” all over again.

Lucy Powell 'deeply regrets' that she appeared to suggest grooming gangs were a 'dog whistle' issue, according to her office. When Mr Montgomerie brought up a recent Channel 4 documentary about ...

Read our privacy notice. Labour minister Lucy Powell is facing calls to resign from rape survivors after calling the grooming gangs scandal a “dog whistle” issue. The Leader of the House of ...

Grooming gang victims have attacked a Labour cabinet minister for calling the scandal a “dog whistle” issue, as Sir Keir Starmer refused to sack her. Lucy Powell was forced to apologise after ...

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The leader of the House of Commons is facing calls to quit after she appeared to dismiss concerns over the grooming gangs scandal as “dog whistle” politics. Lucy Powell’s remark came in BBC ...

Leader of the House of Commons Lucy Powell has sought to clarify her remarks after she appeared to describe grooming gangs as a "dog whistle" issue, prompting a backlash from political opponents.

A Labour minister is facing calls to step down after calling a nationwide grooming scandal a 'dog whistle'. Lucy Powell, the leader of the House of Commons, was speaking on BBC Radio 4's Any ...

Labour minister Lucy Powell is facing mounting calls to resign after she dismissed the grooming gangs scandal as a "dog whistle" issue. Ms Powell, Labour’s Leader of the House of Commons ...