Sarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham will seek to amend the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to prevent unscrupulous developers from exploiting loopholes in planning legislation to by-pass scrutiny for landfill sites.
Sarah has tabled an amendment that will cause un-utilised planning permission for landfill sites to lapse should the site be dormant for more than 10 years.
Sarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, has criticised Post Office Ltd.’s decision to move to a franchised model, placing Rotherham’s Crown Post Office branch at risk. Crown Post Offices are directly managed by Post Office Ltd. and offer a full range of Government services, such as passport applications, vehicle tax and driving licence renewals. Post Office Ltd. has announced that it is to move to a franchised model, with Crown Post Offices replaced with a franchised branch, potentially at a different site.
Read MoreSarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, alongside the Rt Revd Dr Pete Wilcox, Bishop of Sheffield, met today with the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, to discuss an investigation into events at Orgreave on 18 June 1984. The site of the Orgreave Coking Works is in Sarah’s Rotherham constituency, and she has long campaigned for an inquiry.
Read MoreGovernment 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.
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