UNITED KINGDOM
Portsmouth Herald
MPS have thrown their weight behind an independent inquiry into the handling by public bodies of allegations of child sex abuse.
Home secretary Theresa May last night announced a Hillsborough-style investigation will take place to seek the truth about widespread allegations of a paedophile ring with links to the establishment in the 1980s.
The inquiry will be given access to all government papers it requests, and could be converted into a full public inquiry if its chairman feels it is necessary.
Meanwhile, a separate review, led by NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless, will look into an investigation conducted last year into the Home Office’s handling of child abuse allegations made over a 20-year period, as well as the response of police and prosecutors to information which was passed on to them.
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