An inquiry report found that hundreds of children were sexually abused by predatory foster carers and children's home staff over more than five decades, under the watch of Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County councils.
Some foster carers were able to carry on looking after vulnerable children even though they were "known perpetrators", the inquiry found.
Council staff were too willing "to take the side of the foster carers and to disbelieve the child", the report states.
County councillors were guilty of a "serious failure of scrutiny and governance" because they "did not question the scale of sexual abuse or what action was being taken".
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