A legal loophole in the United Kingdom that has allowed at least 11,000 sex offenders to change their name and avoid detection is to be closed,Charlotte Lynch reports for LBC. Home Secretary James Cleverly said the Government will amend the Criminal Justice Bill to prevent pedophiles and rapists from changing their name by deed poll "in certain circumstances". The decision follows a five-year-long campaign for "Della's Law", led by child sexual abuse survivor Della Wright, who was abused from the age of six by a man who was already a well-known perpetrator. There are now calls for a full review of the known cases where a sexual offender has legally changed their name.

Are they allowed to change their name here?