Boris Johnson under fire for child abuse inquiry comments

Former foreign secretary said spending police budgets on historic investigations is ‘spaffing money up the wall’

Boris Johnson
Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson
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Labour MPs are calling for action to be taken against Boris Johnson after the former foreign secretary said investigations into historic child sex abuse are a waste of money.

Speaking on LBC radio yesterday, the Tory MP said: “One comment I would make is I think an awful lot of money and an awful lot of police time now goes into these historic offences and all this malarkey.

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