The Labour Party in Britain has suspended four members who held positions of authority at Rotherham Borough Council during the years in which hundreds of young people were subjected to sex abuse in the town.

South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner (PCC) Shaun Wright should quit following the “devastating” report into child abuse in Rotherham, the UK's Labour Party has said.

Britain’s approach to tackling child abuse is under fresh scrutiny after a shocking report found 1,400 youngsters in a town suffered sexual exploitation in a 16-year period.

Around 1,400 children were sexually exploited in one town in England over a 16-year period, a report said today.

The police watchdog has written to a chief constable expressing concern over comments in an email about the Hillsborough disaster that were “at best ill-judged and at worst offensive and upsetting”.

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