MPs win £40k libel pay-out from Ukip politician over Rotherham abuse claims

Two Rotherham Labour MPs have each won £40,000 in their libel action against a Ukip politician about remarks he made about the town's child sexual exploitation scandal.

Kevin Barron, MP for Rother Valley and John Healey, who represents Wentworth and Dearne, sued Caven Vines, who was Ukip's leader on Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, over a live Sky News interview in January 2015.