Ex-council leader Roger Stone to be grilled by MPs
FORMER council leader Roger Stone is due to give evidence about his handling of child sex abuse in Rotherham to a committee of MPs later.
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.
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Hide AdNow 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.