Save the Children can resume funding bids following sexual abuse scandal

Charity has made significant steps' to improve safeguarding and can now apply for government funds two years on from withdrawal

The charity Save the Children can resume bids for government funding after it withdrew from the process two years ago over a sexual misconduct scandal.

The charity, one of the largest British recipients of government funding, receiving 139m in 2017, had taken significant steps" to improve safeguarding and now meets government standards, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office confirmed on Thursday.