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A brighter future for Rotherham

Two years on from the damning Jay report, Rotherham MBC leader Chris Read now has his sights set on the region becoming a model for best practice. Sam Clayden reports

There is little need to rehash the details of the atrocities that thrust Rotherham into the national spotlight almost three years ago.

Following revelations of widespread child sexual exploitation (CSE), mass failings within the council and other public bodies, two cutting reports and the biggest government intervention in local government history, Rotherham MBC was subsequently held up as an example of how not to run an organisation.

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