Ministers urged to name child abuse inquiry head

UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News

The government must find someone to lead its probe into historical child abuse allegations immediately, a children’s charity has said.

Barnardo’s urged ministers to act after fresh claims of an abuse “cover-up”.

Baroness Butler-Sloss stood down as head of an overarching inquiry nearly a fortnight ago amid concerns about her family links with the establishment.

Home Secretary Theresa May then said a new chairman and inquiry panel would be announced “as soon as possible”.

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