NEWS
Child abuse inquiry ‘scared of racist tag’
The national inquiry into child abuse refused to investigate Britain’s most notorious sex-grooming scandals and barred key witnesses from giving evidence, it has been revealed. Victims and experts blamed the decision not to examine mass offending in Rotherham and Rochdale on a ‘cowardly’ reluctance to look at a pattern of group crimes in which men of Pakistani heritage have been over-represented — Times
Army drafted in to help with Covid response in Tier 3 areas to combat a second peak of infections — Sunday Telegraph
Red wall residents don’t regret voting blue, but patience is wearing thin — Times
Tesco shopper tears away plastic sheets and asks how children’s clothes are ‘non-essential’ in run-up to winter under Wales’s ‘disgraceful’ Covid rules — Mail
One in 10 UK workers asked to work by bosses during furlough — Guardian
Netflix subscriptions plummeted and cancellations increased by 800 per cent after the release of controversial French film ‘Cuties’, analytics firm reveals — Mail on Sunday
Government reduces minimum salary for migrants to settle in UK — Observer
COMMENT
Let’s turn back time to when we didn’t mess up our clocks — Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday
Government scientists have blown apart their own case for lockdown — Telegraph
The ecological catastrophe of HS2 is the final proof that this isn’t a conservative government — Sunday Telegraph
The Left’s hypocrisy on racial equality is causing profound damage — Bim Afolami, Mail on Sunday