Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to announce a broad independent inquiry into how public institutions handled allegations of child abuse. Mrs May will give details of the probe as she makes a statement to MPs this afternoon.
A review into a missing dossier alleging paedophile activity in Westminster in the 1980s is insufficient by itself, the shadow home secretary said, after the Home Office revealed it would appoint a senior legal expert to carry out a fresh review. Yvette Cooper said:
The MP who raised the claims that a paedophile ring operated in Westminster during the 1980s said new allegations have now come to light.
Lord Brittan has defended his handling of a dossier alleging paedophile activity in Westminster when he was home secretary in the 1980s.
A 1980s dossier claiming paedophile activity at Westminster may have mysteriously gone missing but the questions still remain.