The Education Secretary has insisted he is still “wrestling” with whether to extend the remit of Scotland’s historical child abuse inquiry. John Swinney told Holyrood’s Education Committee he has held
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The Chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), Professor Alexis Jay, is in Cardiff today to attend an event at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium to mark the opening
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I am delighted to be opening the Inquiry office in Wales this week and speaking directly with some of the organisations who provide support for victims and survivors of child
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The troubled inquiry into child abuse can get back on track, Labour Party deputy leader Tom Watson has insisted. Mr Watson, who was one of the leading voices calling for
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Theresa May is facing calls to “come clean” about what she knew about the problems at the troubled inquiry into child sex abuse after she disclosed she had been aware
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Concerns about the leadership of the national child sexual abuse inquiry were reported to a Home Office figure months before Dame Lowell Goddard’s resignation as its head, MPs have heard.
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A ban on naming sex crime suspects unless they are charged could be in place by the end of the year. Former police officer Brian Paddick is leading proposals for
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The bill for compensating survivors of child abuse in Northern Ireland could run to £30 million, campaigners have warned. Some 524 victims could be eligible to make claims over their
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Dame Lowell Goddard has rejected claims she used racist language during her time as head of the national inquiry into child sexual abuse. The New Zealand high court judge described
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The national probe into child sex abuse has been plunged into fresh controversy after its senior lawyer said he learned of his suspension from the investigation via the internet. In
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