UK child abuse inquiry

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

Harriet Sherwood

20, Jul, 2023 @1:08 PM

Safeguarding in ‘crisis’ in Church of England, says archbishop of York

Stephen Cottrell tells General Synod ‘mistakes have been made’, while sacked safeguarding board member says ‘we did our job too well’

Harriet Sherwood

09, Jul, 2023 @6:03 PM

How to hold the government to account on public inquiries | Letter

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

30, May, 2023 @3:18 PM

The Guardian view on the child sexual abuse inquiry: survivors deserve better | Editorial

Editorial: The government’s response to Alexis Jay’s report is inadequate. Ministers must step up and show victims the effort was worthwhile

Editorial

28, May, 2023 @5:30 PM

What links the Prince’s Trust to historical UK child migration schemes?

The Fairbridge Society, which merged with the trust in 2012, was among operators promising poor children a ‘better life’ abroad – but many suffered terrifying abuse

Patrick Butler Social policy editor

24, May, 2023 @7:00 AM

King Charles urged to intervene over ‘insulting’ child sexual abuse payments

Exclusive: Surviving victims of ‘farm school’ abuse will only receive £2,000 each from Prince’s Trust, which took over liabilities of Fairbridge Society

Patrick Butler Social policy editor

24, May, 2023 @7:00 AM

Child sexual abuse compensation scheme to be set up in England

Move comes after inquiry found children had faced ‘limitless’ cruelty with complicity of institutions

Sally Weale Education correspondent

22, May, 2023 @7:04 PM

Twenty-one convicted in West Midlands child sexual abuse inquiry

Investigation uncovered ‘appalling catalogue of sexual abuse’ against seven children over almost a decade

Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

05, Apr, 2023 @3:20 PM

The Guardian view on Sunak’s grooming crackdown: blunt tools will do more harm than good | Editorial

Editorial: Child sexual abuse victims deserve more from ministers than divisive stereotypes and inflammatory language

Editorial

03, Apr, 2023 @5:46 PM

Finally, victims of child abuse like me have a voice | Letter

Letter: A reader praises the Truth Project for acknowledging how she suffered at the hands of her abuser and the police who failed to protect her

Letters

28, Oct, 2022 @4:33 PM

This is how a teacher abused me. And why I’m speaking out to help other victims

I lived with the shame for years until the Truth Project let me tell my story, says playwright Patrick Sandford

Patrick Sandford

26, Oct, 2022 @11:09 AM

The child sexual abuse inquiry did not go far enough | Letters

Letters: Boarding schools have escaped real reform, says one victim of abuse, while Dr Bernard Gallagher calls out the austerity-driven crisis in child protection, and Emily Aklan calls for a ban on harmful handcuffing