Shaun Wright steps down as PCC after Rotherham report pressure
Shaun Wright has stepped down as South Yorkshire's police and crime commissioner after weeks of pressure over the Rotherham sexual abuse scandal, his office has announced.
Council 'clearly failed young and vulnerable children'
No-one on Rotherham Council can be proud because they "clearly failed" young and vulnerable children, according the former deputy leader.
Speaking exclusively to ITV News Jahangir Akhtar said that he "wasn't around" and had not been part of the executive when reports of the abuse first surfaced.
A recent report has revealed more than 1,400 children were abused during 2005 and 2010.
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Children were 'raped and beaten' in Rotherham
Children as young as 11 were raped by large groups of men, a new inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham has found.
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True scale of Rotherham child sex abuse was 'downplayed'
A report into 16 years of child sexual abuse in Rotherham has concluded that the true scale of exploitation in the town will never be known.