By Becky Johnson, North Of England Correspondent
Pressure is growing on South Yorkshire's Police Commissioner to resign in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal, after it emerged he was once a councillor with responsibility for children's services there.
A damning report has revealed more than 1,400 children were victims of abuse there between 1997 and 2013.
It detailed examples of 11-year-olds being gang raped and children being forced to watch violent sex abuse while being threatened that they would be next.
It has emerged authorities in the town "could and should" have done more to stop the abuse but did not listen to children trying to report it.
In some cases victims were treated with contempt.
Shaun Wright was a Labour councillor for Rotherham until he was elected Police Commissioner in 2012, and was in charge of children's services from 2005 to 2010.
Colin Ross, the leader of the Lib Dem group on Sheffield City Council, said it is "difficult to see how local people can have confidence in him to continue as our Police and Crime Commissioner".
UKIP Yorkshire and Humber MEP Jane Collins also called on Mr Wright to go, adding: "The apologies we have heard are totally insincere and go nowhere near repairing the damage done."
Alexis Jay's highly critical report detailed "appalling" abuse A spokesperson for Mr Wright said: "The Commissioner has previously apologised for the failure of Rotherham Council while he was in its cabinet from 2005 to 2010.
"He repeats that apology today and he fully accepts that there was more that everyone at Rotherham Council should have done to tackle this terrible crime.
"Since becoming Police and Crime Commissioner he has repeatedly publicly made tackling child sexual exploitation his number one priority."
The leader of Rotherham Council, Roger Stone, stepped down with immediate effect following the publication of the report.
Rotherham Council leader Roger Stone has left his post The council has apologised for its failings but confirmed no staff will face disciplinary action.
South Yorkshire Police also issued an apology but it too revealed that no officers have been disciplined.
Several of the individuals named in the report are still working in child protection.
Chief Superintendent Jason Harwin, police district commander for Rotherham, said no officers had faced disciplinary action but added: "A number of individuals that were in the service then are no longer in the service.
Chief executive Martin Kimber revealed no council staff will face action "Clearly we have failed on this occasion. We know that but we need to understand understand what we need to do next."
"If people have done things they shouldn't have done they should be held to account."
Jim Gamble, former Chief Executive of CEOP, told Sky News: "Every person particularly in a leadership role who has got it wrong whether today, yesterday, or in the years before must take responsibility for their actions.
"There's a couple of things, you need to make sure; 1) that they're not in a position of authority in any other local safeguarding board, in any other organisation that works to protect children and 2) if there is evidence that individuals supressed information that there's a criminal investigation."
A lawyer who represents some of the victims has told Sky News they intend to take legal action against the authorities.
Solicitor David Greenwood said he was "appalled" by what he called a "systematic failure".
He added that some of the girls involved have displayed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and will need "a lot of input to get their lives back on track".
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