Professor Alexis Jay To Chair Abuse Inquiry

Professor Alexis Jay will take over as chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, the Home Secretary has announced. Prof Jay becomes the fourth chair, succeeding Dame Lowell Goddard, who quit the role earlier this month, citing the inquiry's "legacy of failure". A child protection expert with over 30 years' experience, Professor Jay led the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham which found that at least 1,400 children were subjected to appalling sexu