Westminster paedophile dossier

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A dossier on paedophiles allegedly associated with the British government was assembled by British Member of Parliament Geoffrey Dickens, who handed it to the then-Home Secretary, Leon Brittan, in 1984. The whereabouts of the dossier are unknown, along with other files on organised child sexual abuse that had been held by the Home Office. In 2013, the Home Office stated that all relevant information had been passed to the police, and that Dickens' dossier had not been retained. It was later disclosed that 114 documents concerning child sexual abuse allegations were missing. In July 2014, the Labour Party called for a new inquiry into the way that the allegations had been handled, and the Prime Minister, David Cameron, ordered the permanent secretary of the Home Office, Mark Sedwill, to investigate the circumstances of the lost dossier. On 7 July 2014, the Home Secretary, Theresa May, announced a review into the handling of historic child sexual abuse allegations, to be led by Peter Wanless...

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