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Child sex abuser given ‘preferential treatment’, says damning report

14-03-2020 22:42

Inquiry criticises top civil servant and courtier over slowness to act and lag in response to victimA top civil servant and a senior member of the royal household have both been criticised in an official report examining attempts by a victim of child sex abuse to have his abuser stripped of an honour.The Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse recently found that Hubert Chesshyre – an acclaimed heraldry expert and a member of the Queen’s household – had been shown “prefe

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Top civil servant and courtier come under fire in report on child sex abuser

14-03-2020 16:04

Inquiry finds Hubert Chesshyre was given ‘preferential treatment’A top civil servant and a senior member of the royal household have both been criticised in an official report examining attempts by a victim of child sex abuse to have his abuser stripped of an honour.The Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse (IICSA) recently found that Hubert Chesshyre – an acclaimed heraldry expert and a member of the Queen’s household – had been shown “preferential or exce

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Call for volunteers to help elderly in coronavirus crisis

14-03-2020 15:31

Welsh authorities plan to recruit ‘army’ of non-qualified people, while local support groups are self-organising across the UK• Coronavirus latest updates
• See all our coronavirus coverageThe former Labour MP Madeleine Moon is on a mission to ensure vulnerable elderly people confined to their homes by coronavirus in Porthcawl are not forgotten. The 69-year-old is pulling together a team volunteers in her former south Wales constituency to drop off essentials and offer emot

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Coronavirus: Hancock urged to guarantee sick pay for social care workers

14-03-2020 14:21

MPs sign letter asking for stronger assurances carers on zero-hours contracts will be compensated if forced to self-isolateMore than 100 MPs are urging the health secretary, Matt Hancock, to provide stronger assurances that social care workers forced to drop shifts because of the coronavirus pandemic will receive adequate sick pay.NHS England has issued guidance advising trusts to give full sick pay to staff who have to self-isolate because of the disease, but there is growing concern nearly 400

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