Child Abuse Inquiry Will Not Be Scaled down

By Sean O’Neill, Richard Ford
The Times
September 7, 2016

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/child-abuse-inquiry-will-not-be-scaled-down-gplr9spf6

Alexis Jay, the new chairwoman of the inquiry, dismissed the concerns of her predecessor

The public inquiry into child abuse will not be scaled back despite mounting criticism of the ambitious scope, rising costs and lengthening delays, its new chairwoman said last night.

Alexis Jay said that she had ordered a review of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s “ways of working” but rejected claims by her predecessor that the task facing the inquiry was unmanageable.

Amber Rudd, the home secretary, will be questioned by MPs today about the inquiry but has ruled out intervening in the running of the investigation. Dame Lowell Goddard, who quit as chairwoman last month, told the home…