Louise Chapman

Cameron’s praise for council leader who refuses to apologise over abuse failings

With David Cameron claiming that councillors (and others in authority) who refuse to blow the whistle on sexual exploitation should be jailed, it is worth noting that Keith Mitchell and Louise Chapman — the leader and executive member for children’s services at Oxfordshire County Council during the period covered by a damning abuse report to be published […]

Witney councillor in frame over child abuse failings is daughter of Cameron election agent

With Oxfordshire County Council set to be slammed by an inquiry into child and grooming rape tomorrow, the councillor with legal responsibility for children’s services during an eight year period of failure not only represents Witney West in David Cameron’s constituency, but is the daughter of his election agent, Barry Norton. The serious case review — described by an insider as “brutal” — is expected […]