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A review of the handling of allegations of child abuse by prominent figures has found no evidence that records were deliberately removed or destroyed.
Ministers asked the head of the NSPCC to examine how the Home Office dealt with files alleging abuse from 1979-99.
Peter Wanless's report said it was "not possible" to say whether files were removed to cover up abuse - but found "nothing to support" such a concern.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30002908
Just been listening to part of an interview with Don Hale on LBC, a journalist who was asked by Barbara Castle to look into allegations of child abuse back in the 1980's.
I must say what I heard was as credible as it is worrying. A raft of senior political (and other) figures apparently linked to the Paedophile Information Exchange and quite possibly involved in child abuse but effectively 'protected' by the authorities because to expose them would be damaging and quite possibly 'against the national interest'.
If this is the case then it's no wonder to me that every shred of anything damaging would not only be 'lost' but great effort would also be made to remove or muddy any trace of the means by which it was lost.
Apparently Mr Hale is prepared to talk to the enquiry so it'll be interesting to see if that ever happens.