Long-winded, fruitless public inquiries just pile more misery on victims. It doesn’t have to be this way
Samira Shackle
From Grenfell to Covid, such investigations are set up to restore public trust. But the opposite is happening, says journalist Samira Shackle
May 2024
Child abuse inquiry chair calls new ‘duty to report’ law deeply disappointing
Alexis Jay calls UK government’s legislation ‘a fudge’, as abuse survivors attack it as ‘worse than useless’
February 2024
Other lives
Kay Whittle obituary
Survivors criticise ‘abhorrent’ failure to act on child sexual abuse inquiry
July 2023
Alexis Jay warns she will quit C of E safeguarding role if there is interference
Safeguarding in ‘crisis’ in Church of England, says archbishop of York
May 2023
How to hold the government to account on public inquiries
Letter: Select committees are well-equipped to scrutinise the response to inquiries such the one on child sexual abuse, says Diana Johnson, the chair of the home affairs select committee
The Guardian view on the child sexual abuse inquiry: survivors deserve better
Editorial: The government’s response to Alexis Jay’s report is inadequate. Ministers must step up and show victims the effort was worthwhile
What links the Prince’s Trust to historical UK child migration schemes?
King Charles urged to intervene over ‘insulting’ child sexual abuse payments
Child sexual abuse compensation scheme to be set up in England
April 2023
Twenty-one convicted in West Midlands child sexual abuse inquiry
Investigation uncovered ‘appalling catalogue of sexual abuse’ against seven children over almost a decade
The Guardian view on Sunak’s grooming crackdown: blunt tools will do more harm than good
Editorial: Child sexual abuse victims deserve more from ministers than divisive stereotypes and inflammatory language
Reporting suspected sexual abuse to be mandatory for those working with children in England
Law must be strengthened, says home secretary, so professionals like teachers and carers face ‘full force of law’ if they fail in their duty to protect
October 2022
Finally, victims of child abuse like me have a voice
This is how a teacher abused me. And why I’m speaking out to help other victims
Patrick Sandford
The child sexual abuse inquiry did not go far enough
The Guardian view on the child sexual abuse inquiry: unbearable truths
Child sexual abuse inquiry’s findings fall short for many victims
What kind of society fails to protect children? British society. Here’s the proof
