UNITED KINGDOM
Mail on Sunday
By CLAIRE CARTER FOR MAILONLINE
Two senior lawyers rejected the opportunity to lead the inquiry into child sexual abuse before ministers appointed Fiona Woolf, it has emerged.
Mrs Woolf stood down from her position as chairman of the inquiry on Friday after questions arose about her connections to Leon Brittan, who was Home Secretary in the 1980s.
Her resignation follows that of Elizabeth Butler-Sloss who quit the role in July over concerns about her late brother’s connections to Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
Two senior lawyers rejected the opportunity to lead the inquiry into child sexual abuse before ministers appointed Fiona Woolf, it has emerged.
Mrs Woolf stood down from her position as chairman of the inquiry on Friday after questions arose about her connections to Leon Brittan, who was Home Secretary in the 1980s.
Her resignation follows that of Elizabeth Butler-Sloss who quit the role in July over concerns about her late brother’s connections to Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
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