May admits she knew about child abuse inquiry concerns

Theresa May said there were "stories" around about Dame Lowell Goddard's leadership of the inquiry but said as Home Secretary she was not able to intervene on the basis of "suspicion" or "hearsay". Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions Mrs May admitted that complaints about Dame Lowell's behaviour had been made to the Home Office in confidence months before she left the post. Dame Lowell stepped down from her role as the fourth person to chair the inquiry into historic child sexual ab