MP calls for sacking over sex scandal

Simon Danczuk, the member for Rochdale, said senior managers at the council who ignored reports of the abuse are still in position.

Rochdale Council has announced a Serious Case Review, four months after nine Asian men were convicted of the systematic grooming and sexual abuse of white girls in Heywood and Rochdale, Greater Manchester.

The men were jailed for between four and 19 years for abusing five girls, some as young as 13, who have said they were ignored by police and social workers.

The trial resulted in a national debate over gangs of largely Asian men grooming white girls and the police and local council in Rochdale came in for heavy criticism.

Mr Danczuk added: “Senior managers who ignored this abuse are still in post and if the public are going to have confidence in social services to help those who need protecting then I think heads need to roll.”