article_snippet.sent: former chief boss Martin Kimber left in December after a council report said 1,400 children had suffered horrific sexual abuse over a 16-year period.
article_snippet.sent: The rest of the cabinet resigned in February, after a Government report said The Rotherham council was 'not fit for purpose' and 'in denial' about exploitation, mainly of white girls by men of Pakistani origin.
highlights_snippet.sent: The Rotherham council former boss stepped down in the wake of damaging council report .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: damaging council report showed 1,400 children had suffered horrific sexual abuse .