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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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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A new book examined public, social, and governmental understandings and responses to sexual violence. Sexual violence is a high-profile, complex and emotive issue which has become central to national and
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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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A child protection campaigner has warned that the sexual exploitation of youngsters is a much wider issue than had been acknowledged. Hilary Willmer, chair of trustees at the charity Parents
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The Rotherham child abuse scandal deepened last night as embattled police commissioner Shaun Wright’s deputy quit and the Government ordered an early inspection of child protection services in the town.
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South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner Shaun Wright has resigned from the Labour Party, but insisted he would not leave his post. Mr Wright’s resignation came after Labour threatened to
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The under-fire police force at the centre of the Rotherham child abuse scandal has faced fresh criticism for failing to protect vulnerable victims of crime. South Yorkshire Police’s public protection
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The sexual exploitation of boys and young men is a much bigger problem than previously thought according to a new study. The Nuffield Foundation funded research, supported by Barnardo’s and
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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council has published its ‘Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham’. The report estimates that over 1,400 children were sexually exploited in Rotherham between 1997 and
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