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Simon Danczuk, the MP who helped to expose the child sex abuse committed by Cyril Smith, tells Channel 4 News about his decision to step back from campaigning to seek help for depression.
A senior Labour MP tells Channel 4 News the party leadership failed to act “quickly and efficiently” to suspend Lord Janner over multiple claims of child abuse.
The security firm, G4S, did not adequately vet a contractor who shot dead two colleagues in Iraq, a coroner has ruled.
UK citizens have been travelling to Syria and Iraq since the start of the uprisings against Assad. Since 2013 online recruitment has convinced thousands of western Europeans to make the journey.
A former army intelligence officer says he alerted MI5 to abuse at Kincora boys’ home, but was told to stop digging. It is not the first time MI5 has been accused of covering up child abuse.
Police are searching the home of a Labour councillor whose son is one of nine Britons detained in Turkey on suspicion of trying to cross the border into Syria.
As the IPCC announces it is looking into claims detectives covered up child abuse by politicians and police officers, MI5 faces questions over what it knew and whether it tried to suppress evidence.
The Cabinet Office denies attempting to cover up information about Whitehall’s knowledge of Cyril Smith’s child abuse at the time he was granted a knighthood.
Consumers “might as well toss a coin” to decide where to eat say researchers, as a new report reveals almost half of schools, hospitals and restaurants could cause poisoning due to poor hygiene.
Norman Scott, whom Jeremy Thorpe was accused of trying to murder, warns Thorpe’s funeral will be an occasion for political bigwigs to gloss over the extraordinary events of the 1960s and 1970s.
Jackie Long
It costs more to keep a child in care than the fees for Eton, but the average care leaver still faces poor educational achievement and higher rates of mental health issues or imprisonment.
It is rare to be allowed inside a children’s home to talk to sexual abuse victims. They have been let down by adults they trust, so why should they trust anyone else? Cordelia Lynch reports.
The Wanless review of the Home Office’s handling of child sex abuse allegations is one of many such inquiries. Here are the others, from Savile and Cyril Smith to Rochdale and Rotherham.
A review into allegations of historic child abuse at Westminster in the 1980s finds no evidence of organised attempts by the Home Office to conceal the claims.
Alan Johnson dismisses talk of a Labour plot and that he is being lined up to replace Ed Miliband, telling the party to “get a grip”.