Vaz calls on Rotherham children’s services director to go
There have been fresh calls for Rotherham’s director of children’s services to step down after it emerged she is absent on sick leave. Joyce Thacker has been at the centre
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Cooper backs compulsory relationship lessons to prevent another Rotherham
Children should receive compulsory relationship lessons in order to prevent violence against women, Yvette Cooper has said, in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal. The shadow home secretary suggested
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Report: Scotland must learn lessons from Rotherham
A Barnardo’s Scotland report has called on government and child protection agencies to learn the lessons from the Rotherham Inquiry by recognising the need for a specific child protection response
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Police boss quits over Rotherham child abuse scandal
South Yorkshire’s police and crime commissioner has stepped down from the role after weeks of pressure over the Rotherham sexual abuse scandal. Shaun Wright has come under increased fire since
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Louise Casey to head up Rotherham independent inspection
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has announced that Rotherham Council will face an independent inspection after a report revealed 1,400 children were sexually abused over more than a decade. The
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Home Affairs Committee seek emergency law to oust Rotherham hierarchy
Emergency laws must be brought in to allow the embattled South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) to be ousted following the Rotherham child abuse scandal, a powerful group of
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Engage: Improving ourselves to keep children safe
“The recent report on child sexual exploitation in Rotherham is upsetting in so many ways, not least for the girls and young women who were abused. As is often the
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Rotherham council chief executive stands down
The chief executive of Rotherham Council is to step down in the wake of a shocking report that detailed the sexual exploitation of at least 1,400 children in the town.
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Rotherham: Councillors pass vote of no confidence in police boss
Beleaguered South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner (PCC) Shaun Wright has been urged to resign by councillors in the biggest local authority in his area as they unanimously passed a
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Charity calls on PM to establish stand-alone inquiry into Rotherham abuse
The national charity 4Children has written to the Prime Minister calling for him to establish a new high level, stand-alone inquiry into the extent of Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham
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