Rotherham council accused of ignoring ‘flag terror’ with £500 grants for St George’s and union flags
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<p>Labour council says flags must not be ‘surrendered’ to far right but there are concerns in town hit by racial tension</p><p>A Labour council has been accused of embracing “flag terror” after offering £500 grants to groups to erect union jack and St George’s flags in a town previously rocked by racial tension.</p><p>The leaders of Rotherham council, in South Yorkshire, said they wanted the flags to be a “symbol of unity” and did not want to “surrender them to extr
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<p>Labour council says flags must not be ‘surrendered’ to far right but there are concerns in town hit by racial tension</p><p>A Labour council has been accused of embracing “flag terror” after offering £500 grants to groups to erect union jack and St George’s flags in a town previously rocked by racial tension.</p><p>The leaders of Rotherham council, in South Yorkshire, said they wanted the flags to be a “symbol of unity” and did not want to “surrender them to extr