such as the earth s climate. more than 200,000 pupils were off school in england last week over covid. and adele confirms her latest single. clara amfo will be with us just after 8:30pm. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary has announced an independent inquiry into the systematic failures that allowed a serving police officer to kidnap, rape and murder sarah everard. in her speech to the conservative party conference, priti patel said the public needs answers to ensure something like this can never happen again . last week, wayne couzens was sentenced to a whole life term in prison. our special correspondent lucy manning has this report. so many questions after sarah everard s murder. how could wayne couzens be a police officer? why wasn t he stopped earlier? why are women still not safe? nearly a week after, we learned the full distressing details of what a police officer did to sarah everard, there will now be a wide ranging inquiry. the public have a
Inspectorate undertaking urgent inspection of forces to look at their betting and counter corruption arrangements, as well as focusing on how well forces can identify unacceptable behaviour. we recognise that sexual violence is a broader issue in society we must leave no stone unturned in confronting it. the prime minister will lodge a task force to drive cross government action and help maintain public confidence in policing and on many thousands of outstanding police officers. the police have a unique and vital role in our society and we expect them to meet high standards of behaviour. across government and policing, we must continue working to protect the precious bond of trust between officers and the general public. trust between officers and the aeneral ublic. . ~ , ., ., ~ general public. thank you. i thank the minister general public. thank you. i thank the minister for general public. thank you. i thank the minister for his general public. thank you. i thank the minist
Apologies, we are breaking out of that film to hear harriet harman in the commons with an urgent question. abuse of position for sexual purpose by a police officer is abhorrent. we train and trust the victims from a position of power. the government is working closely with other policing stakeholders as part of a new national working group to implement the right strategies policies and products to help forces tackle those officers abusing their vision for sexual purposes. if fabric last year the government strengthen the powers of the independent police watchdog, the independent police watchdog, the independent police watchdog, the independent police conduct. now all allegations of abuse must by law be referred to the ih pc. for the first time, the home office will be able to collect and publish data on issues of internal sexual misconduct by officers and we aim to publish the first data in the new year. but we are determined to go further. heinous murder of sarah everard but