Peterborough City Council's Labour leader Dennis Jones has been suspended from the party and intends to step down from his role after he appeared to refer to grooming gang victims as "poor white trash from Rotherham" in a message to another councillor.

Independent Peterborough city councillor Daisy Blakemore-Creedon, who resigned from the Labour Party in May over bullying accusations, took to social media on September 3 to share an apparent exchange of messages between herself and Cllr Jones, which she said took place on August 8.

Cllr Blakemore-Creedon said she had messaged Cllr Jones: "I care about safety and why should immigration put women's safety at risk."

Cllr Jones appeared to respond: "Oh so white British cops f***ing poor white trash in Rotherham is OK, is it? Get a f***in

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