#public-inquiry

#public-inquiry

The prime minister announced the inquiry for England and Wales in June, accepting the recommendation of Baroness Louise Casey's audit into the evidence on the scale of group-based child sexual abuse. Baroness Longfield will be joined by panellists Zoe Billingham CBE, a former inspector at HM Constabulary, and Eleanor Kelly CBE, former chief executive of Southwark Council, to lead the inquiry.

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The attorney general, Judith Collins, said on Thursday the decision to establish a public inquiry was due to the significant public interest in the case, and concern with the children's welfare. The inquiry will look into whether government agencies took all practicable steps to protect the safety and welfare of the Phillips children, Collins said in a statement.

Our clients are still waiting for answers as to how this was allowed to happen and accountability for the significant harm they suffered. We represent highly vulnerable individuals, including children, families and victims of trafficking and torture, who were deeply affected by their experiences at Manston. They are the victims of the inhuman and degrading treatment that occurred, and it is therefore the responsibility of the Home Office to ensure that this public inquiry is allowed to take place without any further delays.

Ministers have ruled out establishing a public inquiry into the IRA's 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. On 21 November 1974, 21 people were killed and 220 injured when bombs were detonated at the Mulberry Bush and Tavern in the Town pubs in Birmingham, in an attack widely believed to have been orchestrated by the Provisional IRA. No one has been convicted over the attacks.

All victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal seeking compensation will now be entitled to free legal advice, the government has announced. The change could potentially have a major effect on the size of the payouts some victims are able to achieve. It is one of a number of improvements to the compensation schemes available to victims, made in response to the first report from the public inquiry into the scandal, widely described as one of the UK's worst ever miscarriages of justice.

A culture of blindness, ignorance and prejudice led to repeated failures over decades to properly investigate cases in which children were abused by grooming gangs.

Fujitsu's promise to abstain from competing for UK government contracts amid the Horizon scandal is contradicted by its continued bidding for a £125 million deal.

Over 450 gurdwaras and Sikh associations have united to demand an inquiry into UK involvement in the 1984 Golden Temple massacre, warning of political consequences.

The Sallins train robbery was a turning point for Osgur Breatnach, whose wrongful conviction and the associated trauma shape his perspective on justice.