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.
Ed Miliband welcomes Shaun Wright resignation
Ed Miliband says it is "right" that South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Shaun Wright has resigned.
The Labour leader wrote on Twitter that authorities must "listen to the victims" to ensure there is not a repeat of the scandal.
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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.