article_snippet: Politicians must never allow misguided beliefs about the impact for certain ethnic and cultural groups to get in the way of confronting this horrific abuse wherever it occurs,’ he added.
article_snippet: he warning came amid the row over the failure of social workers, politicians or police to act against gangs of mostly Pakistani men who exploited hundreds of children in Rotherham and Oxford.
article_snippet: An inquiry last month said Rotherham councillors shied away from the issue for fear of being accused of disturbing ‘community cohesion’.
article_snippet: Rotherham councillors added: ‘By failing to take action against the Pakistani heritage male perpetrators of child sexual exploitation in the borough, the council has inadvertently fuelled the far-Right.’ Last week an inquiry into a similar scandal in Oxford, carried out by the head of the local safeguarding board, said there was ‘no evidence of any agency not acting when the local safeguarding board should have done because of racial sensitivities’.
article_snippet: But the Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner accused the Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner of ‘pulling the Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner punches’.
article_snippet: His warning was contained in an Ofsted report that found most local councils charged with looking after children’s safety are failing at the job.
article_snippet: Criticised: Rotherham's director of children's services between 2008 and 2014 Joyce Thacker (left) and former Rotherham Council leader Roger Stone (right) were both criticised for both inaction over a similar scandal in Oxford .
article_snippet: while in council care are disproportionately at risk of abuse but social workers in some areas still fail to take notice of social workers.
article_snippet: former Rotherham Council leader Roger Stone (right) added:
highlights_snippet: Words came amid row over failure of Oxford and Rotherham social workers .
  
highlights_snippet: Cases involved mostly Pakistani gangs exploiting hundreds of children .
  
highlights_snippet: Inquiry last month said Rotherham councillors shied away from the issue .