UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
Retired judge Baroness Butler-Sloss has said she is stepping aside as the head of an inquiry into allegations of historical child abuse.
Downing Street said “it was entirely her decision” and a new chair would be appointed within days.
Lady Butler-Sloss has been under pressure to quit from MPs and victims concerned about her family links.
Her late brother, Sir Michael Havers, was attorney general in the 1980s.
Downing Street said it would “take a few days” to appoint a new chairman and appeared to indicate that whoever was chosen would not be so closely linked to the establishment.
David Cameron’s spokesman said there had been no change in the view of the prime minister or Home Secretary Theresa May about Lady Butler-Sloss’s integrity or suitability for the job.
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