MPs reject abortion law amendment
A Conservative amendment to explicitly ban abortion on the basis of gender alone has been rejected by the Commons after MPs were told the backbench proposal would not change the
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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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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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Wales should have abuse panel voice says Drakeford
Wales’ Health and Social Services Minister, Mark Drakeford has called on the UK Government to ensure Wales is fully represented on the independent Panel Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. In
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New child abuse inquiry chair to be named
Theresa May is expected to announce the new chair of the troubled child abuse inquiry following the resignations of two previous holders of the post. The Home Secretary has also
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New Zealand judge to head government child abuse probe
New Zealand High Court judge Lowell Goddard has been named as chair of the troubled child abuse inquiry. Home Secretary Theresa May said Justice Goddard had been selected after a
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Secret ‘unnatural sexual behaviour’ file not seen by abuse probe
A previously top-secret file containing allegations of “unnatural sexual behaviour” at Westminster which was found at the National Archives was not seen by an inquiry into the Home Office’s handling
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Abuse victims names inadvertently published on Commons website
The names of four child abuse victims have been inadvertently published on the website of the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee. The victims said they have been subjected to
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Abuse inquiry branded ‘fiasco’ as listening sessions delayed
An inquiry into historical child sex abuse claims has stopped holding survivor meetings amid chaos over its leadership and questions over its future. All planned “listening” sessions have been shelved
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Home Office branded disgrace over migrant detention
The Home Office has been criticised by campaigners after new figures revealed 20 migrants have been held in detention centres for at least two years, according to reports. One detainee
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