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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Mark Brown

UK government ‘effectively allowed’ child sexual abuse, campaigners say

Children on swings.
The independent inquiry into child sexual abuse made 20 recommendations to the government. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Campaigners have accused the UK government of in effect allowing child abuse to continue by having an “inconsistent and arbitrary” approach to implementing recommendations from a seven-year statutory inquiry.

The claim was made at the high court in London, where a judge said a legal action against the Home Office could continue.

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