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Who will be held to account for the horror in Rotherham?

A child abuse scandal on this monstrous scale demands more than just the council leader's resignation

30 August 2014

9:00 AM

30 August 2014

9:00 AM

If Rotherham council were a family, its children would have been removed by social services long ago, and Ma and Pa Rotherham would be safely behind bars. Professor Alexis Jay’s report, which was published this week, reveals depravity on an industrial scale in the South Yorkshire town. At least 1,400 children, Prof.

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