TODAY should not be seen as the conclusion of investigations into authority failings, but the beginning of a long road to justice for some of those affected.

At 11am the Operation Bullfinch Serious Case Review, which will look into how hundreds of Oxfordshire children were put at risk of sexual exploitation, will be released.

But as yesterday’s protests outside county council offices show, the damage from council and police failings, in both sexual abuse cases and others, continues to be felt long after the events themselves.