Dame Lowell Goddard was the third chairwoman appointed to the inquiry Suzanne Plunkett/AlamyThe national inquiry into child abuse is to be scaled back next week in a desperate attempt to keep it on track. Alexis Jay, chairwoman of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), is expected to announce the results of a wide-ranging review of how it will work in the future that will see a shift away from public evidence sessions. An inquiry insider said: “We need to make this inquiry manageable and deliverable within a reasonable timescale and without excessive costs.”More than two years after it was set up the inquiry has spent more than £20 million,…

Source: The Times October 14, 2016 23:03 UTC