An Oldham grooming gang survivor has demanded an apology from Sir Keir Starmer following the release of Baroness Casey's report yesterday.

Speaking to GB News, Jamie Leigh told Charlie Peters that the survivors were "not listened to" for six months by the Labour Government and "deserve" the apology.

Following the release of Baroness Casey's report, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper revealed that more than 800 rape gang cases were uncovered in the "damning" review.

Cooper added: "At its heart she identifies a deep-rooted failure to treat children as children. A continued failure to protect children and teenage girls from rape, from exploitation, and serious violence."

Grooming gangs survivor Jamie Leigh has demanded an apology from the Prime Minister for all victims

Asked for her reaction to the announcement of the inquiry, Jamie Leigh told Charlie: "I feel like all survivors all over the UK deserve an apology, that's just for starters. I feel like survivors deserve a say in a lot of things.

"I feel like all survivors across the country deserve an apology from Keir Starmer and all the politicians that have done meetings with survivors and not listened to them properly."

Highlighting the need for the inquiry to be expanded nationally, Jamie Leigh added: "I also feel like the local inquiries in five towns, I feel like it needs to be in all the towns that have these problems.

"Because it's not fair to give five towns an inquiry, a thorough, proper inquiry, and then not the rest. It needs to be looked into properly."

Yvette Cooper outlined 12 'damning' findings of Baroness Casey's grooming gangs report on Monday

Discussing the fight for justice for survivors in Oldham alone, rape gangs survivor Sam told GB News that it is a "scary world" for victims to waive their anonymity and come forward and demand justice.

Sam explained: "It's always been a fight in Oldham for survivors to come forward and feel safe that they can do so.

"Oldham Council tend to target a lot of girls with the prospects of removing the children, so it is a scary world for survivors in Oldham to come forward."

Asked by Charlie what she hopes the national inquiry can do in bringing justice to the victims and survivors, Jamie Leigh claimed that there needs to be a "thorough investigation".

Jamie Leigh told GB News that there needs to be a 'thorough investigation'

Jamie Leigh stated: "People should be held accountable. I feel like it needs to be a thorough investigation. But we've set up a group recently called Undefeated, and we've had numerous survivors come forward to us and tell us that the council have approached them and told them if they spoke out then their children would be taken away from them.

"So how is the Government now going to basically get around that issue?"

Admitting that the statutory inquiry is "great news", Sam concluded: "Since January, many survivors up and down the country have met with Labour MPs and they've all asked for the same thing, for this to become a statutory inquiry.

"And we've not been listened to for a whole six months, so it is great news."