Ex-council leader Roger Stone to be grilled by MPs

Mr Stone, who resigned as the leader and a councillor in the wake of Prof Alexis Jay’s report last August, has not spoken publically since.

He released a resignation statement at the time, apologising to the victims.

Now he will be asked to defend his record by MPs sitting on the Department for Local Government and Communities (DCLG) select committee.

The committee hearing in London is due to start at 4.15pm today.