Sarah Champion MP has welcomed the news that Rotherham is set to receive up to £20 million of funding as part of the Labour government’s Plan for Neighbourhoods. Rotherham will receive a share of £1.5 billion of funding being invested in communities to create growth and opportunities across the United Kingdom. 75 towns, including Rotherham, will receive funding and specialist support to breathe new life into our community.

On Tuesday 25th February, the Government will announce new measures to limit sex offenders from changing their names, acting on Sarah Champion’s long-term campaign to close the legal loophole. 

The new reforms mean that Registered Sex Offenders (RSOs) who pose a risk of using a new identity to offend, are to be banned from changing their names, unless explicitly approved by the police monitoring them.  

Government plans to fortify UK steelmaking were welcomed by Rotherham MP Sarah Champion as a crucial step to protect the proud industrial heritage in Rotherham and grow the economy.

The Plan for Steel – launched by Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds earlier this month – will look at the long-term issues facing the industry like high electricity costs, unfair trading practices, and scrap metal recycling to protect jobs and living standards in the UK’s industrial heartlands.

Families and children in Rotherham will soon benefit from free, daily breakfast clubs as the Labour government confirms the first 750 schools to offer the scheme, including Coleridge Primary School, putting up to £450 a year back in local parents’ pockets.   

·         Labour is rolling out free breakfast clubs to save working families up to £450 and set children up to start the day ready to learn

·         First 750 schools to offer clubs from April, delivering on government’s Plan for Change

·         67,000 pupils in England’s most disadvantaged communities to benefit in first phase