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‘Watershed moment’ as three-year time limit on child rape claims scrapped in England and Wales

Under current rules, civil child sexual abuse cases must be brought within three years of turning 18

The Guardian - UK

Removal of time limit for abuse payout claims a ‘watershed moment’ for survivors

Professor Alexis Jay has previously said progress on fulfilling her IICSA recommendations must be quicker.

Evening Standard

Chair of child sexual abuse inquiry calls Tory response ‘awful, inconsequential’

Prof Alexis Jay says reaction of former home secretary Suella Braverman angered victims and survivors

The Guardian - UK

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Former IICSA chair criticises ‘weaponisation’ of child sex abuse

Professor Alexis Jay described inaction from the previous government and her relief that Labour have committed to implementing recommendations.

The Independent UK

Minister denies Musk pushed government into grooming gangs climbdown

The government announced a raft of new measures to address the grooming gangs scandal after rejecting a national inquiry

The Independent UK

Grooming inquiry timetable will bring ‘fundamental change’, say campaigners

Yvette Cooper said that the Government would lay out a clear timetable by Easter for implementing the recommendations in the IICSA’s final report.

Evening Standard

Survivors of sexual abuse have been failed for too long

Letters: Readers on the delay in implementing the recommendations of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse

The Guardian - UK

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Grooming, Shipman, Chilcot: for all the post-inquiry ‘never agains’, the default is inaction

Elon Musk’s pot stirring over child sex abuse gangs has renewed focus on the issue, but why was so little done after the IICSA report in 2022?

The Guardian - UK

UK officials urged to act ‘months ago’ on child sexual abuse inquiry’s demands

Campaigners claim no progress made with government on implementing recommendations until Elon Musk row

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on child sexual exploitation: concrete action must be the priority

Editorial: The response to the independent inquiry has been too slow. New policies to tackle all forms of abuse are needed urgently

The Guardian - UK

I worked on the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse – here’s what Elon Musk is missing

Elon Musk’s intervention into British politics has revived the debate about how the government responds to child sexual abuse, particularly by “grooming gangs”. While this is an important discussion, as a researcher of child sexual abuse I am concerned that Musk’s comments have done more to spread misconceptions and harm…

The Conversation

OPINION - The last inquiry failed grooming gang victims — we need a full national inquiry

It’s easy to get sucked into the online fight between Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, and the British government over the rape gangs scandal. But it risks us losing sight of what really matters: the victims and their needs.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage paid £189,000 for part-time job as ‘brand ambassador’ for gold bullion firm– as it happened

MP for Clacton declares payments on register of MPs’ interests after spending four hours a month working for gold bullion firm

The Guardian - UK

What did the child sexual abuse inquiry say about grooming gangs?

The £186.6 million inquiry, set up in 2015, looked at 15 areas scrutinising institutional responses to child sexual abuse.

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The Independent UK

Chair of child sexual abuse inquiry calls for government to act

The Greater Manchester mayor pointed to an ongoing review into the scandal in Manchester which he launched after being elected in 2017, but said he would support a national inquiry if the government deemed one necessary

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on calls for a national inquiry into child sexual abuse

The government’s most urgent priority is not to launch another review but to develop a societal strategy to tackle the crime

The Guardian - UK

Church must face up to Justin Welby’s damaging legacy

Letters: Readers respond to the archbishop of Canterbury’s final speech, for which he later apologised for causing ‘further distress’

The Guardian - UK

Do public inquiries work? What comes after Grenfell and other UK disasters

People involved in some of the UK’s highest-profile recent inquiries discuss what they achieved and what was left undone

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UK Child Activity Workers To Be 'Legally Obliged' To Report Child Sexual Abuse

UK's sex offense laws are going to be strengthened with stricter child sexual abuse law which makes it a punishable offence to hide any child sexual exploitation leading to prison term.

The Guardian - UK

Survivors criticise ‘abhorrent’ failure to act on child sexual abuse inquiry

Key recommendation of seven-year independent inquiry yet to be enacted more than 15 months on

The Independent UK

NSPCC blasts Government’s ‘piecemeal’ response a year on from major abuse report

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) published its final report exactly one year ago.

The Guardian - UK

Alexis Jay warns she will quit C of E safeguarding role if there is interference

Former chair of UK child sexual abuse inquiry has been asked to set up independent safeguarding model

The Independent UK

Ex-sex abuse inquiry boss to lead work on Church of England safeguarding

Professor Alexis Jay vowed to withdraw from her role ‘if I detect any attempt to interfere with or to hinder my work’.

The Independent UK

Church of England to set up £150m fund for victims of church-related abuse

The Church of England has allocated £150 million in funding for a national redress scheme.

The Independent UK

Government response weak and at times disingenuous – abuse inquiry chairwoman

The panel said it fears action on its recommendations could be deferred indefinitely ‘for the sake of other political priorities’.

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