'Seeking to downplay the religious aspect'

And who were also let down — possibly criminally let down — by our police forces, local authorities and parts of the NHS?

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His insistence, shared by senior ministers, that it could be dealt with by a series of underfunded and disconnected regional inquiries showed how out of touch they were.

Bullied into submission, Sir Keir announced the inquiry FOUR months ago, and with statutory powers it has the power to compel witnesses to attend.

But since then, nothing has been achieved. Indeed somehow the government has allowed the inquiry to go backwards, and now it seems it won't start work until next year!

Both potential chairmen who had been cited have opted to withdraw from the process and at the time of writing four survivors have quit the inquiry panel.