Louise Casey's report last month into how Rotherham Council is dealing with child sexual exploitation (CSE) does not mince its words.
The government's troubled families tsar concludes that, despite the findings of Professor Alexis Jay's damning August 2014 report, the authority remains in denial about the scale of CSE and continues to fail vulnerable children. So what can other local authorities learn from the failings of Rotherham?
Here, three experts give their view on what other authorities can learn from Rotherham in different areas of work.
Children's services
Annie Hudson, chief executive of The College of Social Work:
There were undoubtedly large-scale failures of leadership, decision-making and organisation at senior levels in Rotherham. However, most seriously of all, Louise Casey's report describes a council in denial. That the safety of children was not the very top priority, as recently as September 2014, is a grave worry.
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