Tag Archives: Childhood Sexual Exploitation

Words that lack integrity


The speech by Amber Rudd on Tuesday at the Conservative Party conference (the photo was from another event) has been picked apart by a number of commentators, focusing primarily on her comments about immigration. However there were many other themes … Continue reading

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Have we got the resources we need?


According to todays news, Police overtime in the last year exceeded £310M, and over the last 3 years amounted to some £1Bn. The Metropolitan Police accounts for around 1/3 of the total. These figures suggest that Policing costs are out of control and unless … Continue reading

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Neither wood or any trees


Behind huge police and security service cordons in Bavaria, representatives of the worlds 7 most powerful nations plus all those who attend as observers, all ferried in by helicopters are due to hear our Prime Minister say “Corruption is the cancer … Continue reading

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In todays peculiar news


The State Opening of Parliament and Queens Speech will allow all of us to learn a number of unpalatable things. The first is to demonstrate the extent to which the building was designed for a much smaller Parliament, or perhaps the extent … Continue reading

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How shall we measure progress?


In early July 2014 Theresa May, the Home Secretary for the coalition announced that she was going to establish a National inquiry into Childhood Sexual Exploitation. After many false starts a new Chair, Lowell Goddard was appointed at the beginning of February … Continue reading

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A short week in Westminster


On Tuesday David Cameron hosted a summit on Childhood Sexual Exploitation and he spoke about his wish to prosecute men and women within our public sector in a position to know about such abuse, who looked the other way or chose not to respond … Continue reading

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