A petition to The Scottish Parliament asks for a national, wide-ranging investigation into allegations that public bodies across Scotland including The City of Edinburgh Council repeatedly failed to address concerns about the safeguarding of children, child abuse and children’s rights.
The move comes after former council staff in the capital 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 School, 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 Susanne Tanner, KC, into former city social worker Sean Bell, who was uncovered as a serious abuser and who died when 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” after some whistle...
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