Rotherham chief executive Martin Kimber paid £26k to go early Published duration 4 December 2014 Related Topics Rotherham child abuse scandal

image copyright PA image caption Martin Kimber stepped down as chief executive following the child abuse scandal in Rotherham

The chief executive of Rotherham Council was paid £26,000 to leave the local authority early in the wake of the child abuse scandal.

Martin Kimber was due to leave this month but quit on 31 October.

He resigned with three months' notice after the Alexis Jay report found 1,400 children had been abused in Rotherham over 16 years.

Rotherham Council said Mr Kimber had been paid "in lieu of notice" and was not paid off.