Birmingham Council insists Trojan Horse did happen and promises to challenge those who deny it City council says claims of a plot to take over city schools were true and hits out at attempts to say it didn't happen
Birmingham City Council has insisted there was a serious problem in city schools during the Trojan Horse affair.
And it promised to "challenge" people who try to deny what happened.
Inquiries in 2014 found there was a "co-ordinated, deliberate and sustained" attempt by a group of people to take control of some Birmingham schools and "introduce an intolerant and aggressive Islamic ethos".
But the authority issued a statement after pressure group MEND organised a debate in a city community centre to discuss whether Trojan Horse really did happen as it has been described.