She lasted six days: Child abuse chair steps down over conflict of interest
The government’s child abuse inquiry in danger of turning into a farce, after its chair steps down less than a week after being announced
Everything you need to know about the Westminster paedophile allegations in five minutes
Allegations of a child abuse ring in Westminster in the 1980s are leaving parliament facing a huge scandal, its biggest for years
Cinderella law: Emotional abuse ‘risks criminalising millions’
‘Cinderella law’ set to criminalise emotional abuse “creates more problems than it solves”, Frank Furedi warns
Comment: Hard lessons for Whitehall from the Patrick Rock scandal
Politicians pretend that filtering software can end child pornography. But the reality is much more complicated
Crime hits historic low – but sexual offences shoot up
Crime has hit he lowest point since records began but sexual offences have bucked the trend, according to official statistics.
Comment: Anti-porn proposals must now make the journey from rhetoric to reality
The prime minister’s pornography speech on protecting children online is very welcome, but perhaps we should not get too over-excited before seeing the small print.
Households forced to choose: Do you want porn or not?
The government has reversed its previous opposition to a default ban on online pornography.
Losing patience: No 10 threatens search engines over child porn
David Cameron has threatened to legislate against internet search giants to force them to do more against online child pornography.
The porn summit: Internet firms confronted by ministers
Internet firms have endured faced a tough meeting with ministers in the Commons, as the government lays down the law on child abuse and access to pornography.
Labour demands harsher punishment for Stuart Hall
Labour wrote to the attorney general today demanding a more severe punishment for former BBC presenter Stuart Hall, who was given a sentence of just 15 months despite being found guilty of sexually abusing 13 girls.
