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18 December 2016

Independent inquiry into child sexual abuse 'will not be scaled back'

The chair of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has rejected calls for it to be scrapped or scaled back, saying its scope is "a virtue".
Prof Alexis Jay said the broad nature of the inquiry would allow it to recommend "fundamental changes". None of its 13 separate investigations will be dropped, a report said, but it may stop short of examining whether the late peer Lord Janner abused children.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38344435