This afternoon, 6 January, the Home Secretary made a statement in the Commons on further safeguarding measures to tackle child sexual abuse, noting that the crime survey estimated that half a million children every year experience some form of child sexual abuse.

“First, I can confirm that we will make it mandatory to report abuse, and we will put measures in the Crime and Policing Bill—to be put before Parliament this spring—to make it an offence, with professional and criminal sanctions, to fail to report or to cover up child sexual abuse. Continue reading →