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.
Read MoreThe Labour Government has announced that hundreds of thousands of people, including in Rotherham, will soon be able to access urgent and emergency dental care as the NHS rolls out 700,000 extra urgent appointments, delivering on Labour’s manifesto commitment.
Read MoreSarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, has welcomed the Government announcement that it is to adopt her recommendations for addressing Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.
Sarah has campaigned to improve child protection and to bring to justice perpetrators of Child Sexual Exploitation throughout her Parliamentary career. She has been a leading voice in the fight to end CSE and has previously secured significant legislative change to better protect children.
Read MoreSarah Champion, MP for Rotherham, has been campaigning on child protection for over a decade.
“Child sexual abuse is endemic in the UK and needs to be recognised as a national priority. It is clear that the public distrusts governments and authorities when it comes to preventing and prosecuting child abuse, especially child sexual exploitation. The statistics on these crimes show the scale of the problem; the high level of public concern and mistrust only emphasises why addressing all forms of child abuse must be a government priority.
Read MoreSarah Champion, Labour MP for Rotherham, relaunched her ‘Buy British Bill’ in Parliament today. In the previous Parliament, the Bill reached Second Reading, when it was stopped by the General Election.
The Bill aims to create a cultural change within Government so that it awards more public contracts to British business, including British farmers, manufacturers and SMEs.
Read MoreSarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, asked an Urgent Question to the Government on the links between UK supermarket supply chains and Uyghur forced labour.
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