UNITED KINGDOM
The Times
Sean O’Neill, Chief Reporter
September 9 2016
The Times
Almost a quarter of staff of the national child abuse inquiry have been recruited from the Home Office, its chairwoman disclosed yesterday, as she tried to allay fears that the body was not independent of the government.
Alexis Jay said that the 155 staff at the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) were “bound together by a commitment to make this inquiry a success”. She added: “Their duty and loyalty is to the inquiry, not to any government department.”
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