daniel khalife escaped from hmp wandsworth in september 2023.we'll bring you more on that story as we get it. professor alexis jay, who chaired the independent inquiry into child sex abuse, has said this morning that people should just get on with implementing the recommendations made in previous inquiries rather than holding another one. professor jay's comments come as the prime minister dismissed calls for a national inquiry yesterday, accusing the conservatives of jumping on a bandwagon and amplifying what the far right is saying on child sexual abuse after failing to act for 14 long years. the home secretary, yvette cooper, told the commons yesterday the government will make it an offence with professional and criminal sanctions to fail to report or cover up child sexual abuse. she added that the government will establish a victims and survivors panel to advise on wider work around the issue. that came as the prime minister said he had tackled child sexual exploitation head on during his time as director of public prosecutions, and a short

. >> in other news, the man has been charged with assisting former soldier daniel khalife after he escapedprison. khalife was found guilty of spying for iran after a trial in november last year and admitted to escaping from hmp wandsworth. imran chowdhury, a 25 year old from north—east london, has been charged with one count of assisting an escaped prisoner and will appear at westminster magistrates court tomorrow. and today is justin welby's final day as archbishop of canterbury, as he prepares to step down over failures in handling a church of england abuse scandal. almost two months after announcing his resignation, he'll officially quit the role at midnight tonight. it follows an independent review which concluded that john smith, a barrister and christian camp leader, might have been brought to justice if archbishop welby had reported him to the police in 2013. the archbishop has made few public appearances since mid—november and did not give the traditional christmas day sermon from canterbury cathedral. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more f