Andy Burnham is "looking into" the anticipation of holding a nationalist enquiry into the UK activities of the convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to victims curate Alex Davies-Jones.
Speaking to BBC Newsnight, Davies-Jones said that the premier curate had agreed to conscionable Epstein's victims.
She said the authorities is besides reviewing whether the alleged actions of erstwhile Harrod's proprietor Mohamed Al Fayed could besides beryllium portion of an enquiry.
Davies-Jones resigned from erstwhile Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's authorities successful May, aboriginal accusing his government of failing to perceive to Epstein's survivors. She was reappointed arsenic victims curate erstwhile Burnham took office.
Speaking connected the programme, she said she had discussed holding a nationalist enquiry into the alleged behaviour of Epstein and Al Fayed with the premier curate and furniture caput Dame Antonia Romeo during her re-appointment.
Asked whether an enquiry was present possible, Davies-Jones said: "We are looking astatine this, we are reviewing what is possible. Again, aforesaid with Harrods survivors."
She added: "I person been assured that the premier curate is taking this precise seriously.
"He volition conscionable with those victims and helium is looking astatine what is possible, present helium has entree to each of the accusation arsenic premier curate to spot what enactment we tin take."
After resigning successful May, Davies-Jones told the Commons successful June that radical whose lives were devastated by Epstein's maltreatment person excessively often been reduced to a footnote.
Asked what assurances oregon guarantees she had asked from Burnham successful narration to the survivors erstwhile helium re-appointed her to government, the curate said: "I did person those discussions with the premier curate earlier helium became the premier minister."
"He agreed to conscionable with the Epstein victims," she continued, adding that Burnham "has assured maine that helium volition conscionable them present he's premier curate and volition enactment with america to look astatine systemic alteration crossed the strategy for each victims."
BBC Newsnight understands that arsenic Burnham was finalising plans to go premier minister, helium was sent a papers by starring Labour campaigners connected Violence Against Women and Girls.
It contained a cardinal suggestion: to clasp a afloat nationalist enquiry into the UK activities of Epstein, the alleged behaviour of the precocious Harrods brag Mohamed Al Fayed and into allegations successful a BBC Panorama and Times probe that West Ham co-owner David Sullivan preyed connected women.
David Sullivan has described the claims arsenic false. He said helium was "absolutely not the idiosyncratic the media has decided to overgarment maine as".
The papers called for an "impunity" enquiry to inquire however almighty men were capable to transportation retired the alleged behaviour.
On Epstein, the papers calls for a absorption connected UK borders, asking however helium was capable to alert successful and retired of UK subject bases connected his backstage jet, often with allegedly trafficked women. Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown highlighted this contented in February.
Davies-Jones is understood to beryllium acquainted with the Labour document.
Anouska di Georgiou, an Epstein survivor, told BBC Newsnight: "I invited reports that Prime Minister Andy Burnham is considering nationalist inquiries into the Epstein and Maxwell, Harrods/Mohamed Al-Fayed, and David Sullivan cases."
"Survivors person heard promises before, truthful what matters present is action, not headlines."
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