Campaigners who previously came forward with allegations have called for a Scotland-wide inquiry into child protection and support for whistle blowers.

Whistle blowers who exposed wrongdoing in the City of Edinburgh Council have called for a Scotland-wide inquiry into the mishandling of complaints about child protection.

A petition has been created calling for MSPs to launch an investigation into allegations that public bodies repeatedly failed to address concerns of child safeguarding, child abuse and children’s rights.

The move comes after ex-council staff in Edinburgh who have come forward with allegations said earlier this year a probe into support for whistle blowers in the organisation had been a “whitewash” and called for a public inquiry to be held.

Petitioner Christine Scott, a former community programme manager at Castlebrae Community High, told councillors in February the ‘Tanner Inquiry’ was “narrow and restrictive in allowing the truth to surface”.

The review into ‘whistle blowing and organisational culture’ was commissioned by the council on the back of findings of a previous investigation by QC Susanne Tanner into former city social worker Sean Bell, who was uncovered as a serious abuser and died whilst facing charges in 2020.

Speaking at the meeting where councillors discussed the next steps following the two investigations, Ms Scott, who blew the whistle on a head teacher who allegedly had sex with an under-age pupil in 2014, said she had “serious concerns...

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