Committee calls for transparency over salary of abuse inquiry head
Home Secretary Theresa May has been criticised by MPs for refusing to release details of the salary of the new head of the inquiry into historic child sex abuse. The
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Social workers struggle as online abuse cases double
The number of children being counselled through ChildLine about online sexual abuse has more than doubled, according to the charity. ChildLine said it carried out 2,842 counselling sessions on the
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Ex-children’s home manager charged with historic sex offences
A former children’s home manager has been charged with committing 11 historical sexual offences. Warwickshire Police said Robert Brown, 67, has been charged with 10 counts of indecent assault, one
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Essex Police apologise for ‘problems’ in 30 child abuse investigations
A police force has apologised to alleged victims after “uncovering problems with the effectiveness” of 30 child abuse investigations. Most of the cases relate to the work of the child
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Judge Goddard says abuse probe ‘could take up to four years’
The new head of a long-delayed inquiry into institutionalised child sex abuse has suggested it could take up to four years to complete and hopes to start work in early
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Ex-Ofsted offical apologies over Rotherham inspection failings
A former senior official at children’s care watchdog Ofsted has apologised for the organisation’s failure to uncover widespread sexual exploitation in Rotherham. John Goldup, who joined Ofsted as director of
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Osborne pressed for extra funding to pay for historic abuse cases
Ministers are asking Chancellor George Osborne for extra money for public prosecutors so they can deal with a spike in historic sex abuse cases. Attorney General Jeremy Wright confirmed that
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HIA inquiry hears nun was never prosecuted over complaints
The Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) inquiry has heard a nun was never been prosecuted, despite complaints against her by former residents of Nazareth House and Nazareth Lodge care homes. Giving
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Barnardo’s issue urgent plea over abuse case surge
A massive surge in the number of child sex abuse cases has prompted an urgent appeal from a children’s charity. Barnardo’s says following scandals of the magnitude of Rotherham, it
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Abuse victims had complained about Rotherham police officer
A specialist child abuse lawyer has said two victims of the Rotherham scandal had complained to him about a police officer who has since been killed in a car crash.
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