UNITED KINGDOM
Police Professional
Britain’s biggest child sex abuse inquiry has been hit by another high-level departure.
Media chief Bron Madson has left the troubled Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) amid reports of tensions over a consultancy firm that has been paid nearly £300,000.
Ms Madson quit her role as head of communications as the IICSA revealed that it has paid the consultancy firm Crest Advisory £294,232 since 2015 for “strategic communications advice”.
She stepped down from the inquiry – beset by a flurry of departures in recent months– after an enhanced role was afforded to Crest.
She and her team are said to have been frustrated by the reluctance of senior officials and members of the panel to “engage with the media” at a time when the future running of the inquiry was in doubt.
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