A review into how the Home Office handled historic child sex abuse allegations at Westminster in the 1980s has reportedly been unable to uncover any of the crucial missing files that prompted the investigation.
The BBC reports that the so-called 'Dickens Dossier', handed to the Home Office by former Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens, has not been found.
A review into how the Home Office handled historic child sex abuse allegations at Westminster in the 1980s has reportedly been unable to uncover any of the crucial missing files that prompted the investigation.
The BBC reports that the so-called 'Dickens Dossier', handed to the Home Office by former Tory MP Geoffrey Dickens, has not been found.
A source told the Newsnight programme: "They have looked inside and behind every single cupboard in the department, and they have been round them twice, and they have not been able to find any of them."
The Home Office has not commented on the reports but repeated that the review, led by NSPCC chief Peter Wanless, will be published next week.
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