Plus: Lord Ashcroft’s Scotland poll – I must revise my predictions. Abuse in Rotherham. An upset in Sheffield? My drivetime success. And: in memoriam, Martin Gilbert.
There is alarm at the Council’s continued failure to understand and combat the crimes of Child Sexual Exploitation.
Labour isn’t dead yet. UKIP isn’t as big as it claims. Bookies can be wrong. And Police and Crime Commissioners are still in trouble.
Fascinating research from the Fabian Society.
Time and time again we’ve seen abusers operate in plain sight and yet each time we claim to be shocked.
A series of failures or outright abuses strike at the trust which was once a hardwired Conservative value.
Language was twisted and censored to first ignore and then to hide the horrific facts of child abuse.
“You will find a huge amount of evidence that supports the fact that I’ve made this a top priority for South Yorkshire police.”
He had already had to resign from Rotherham’s cabinet over his “responsibility” for child protection failures. Why did Labour select him?
Police, social workers and councillors betrayed thousands of children in the worst way imaginable.
Candidates can apply to 22 “clusters” of seats across the country.
Why I disagree with the case set out on this site by its former Editor a week ago.