Jack Dromey MP, Shadow Home office Minister, responding to South Yorkshire PCC Shaun Wright’s resignation from the Labour Party:

“Professor Jay’s report is devastating. At least 1400 children are known to have been subjected to violent sexual abuse over many many years. Our first priority should be to support these victims and bring the evil men who perpetrated this crimes to justice.

"The report is also clear on the huge institutional failure that allowed this abuse to continue for such a long time. It is right that those who presided over a culture of complacency and inaction in the face of such depravity should be held to account. This includes Shaun Wright.

"The Labour Party has been clear that his position as a PCC is untenable. The way the government designed PCCs means there is now no mechanism to remove him with immediate effect, but he has undoubtedly lost the confidence of the people of South Yorkshire and his decision last night not to stand down was wrong.”

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