Sarah Champion MP, Member of Parliament for Rotherham has welcomed the announcement that government appointed commissioners are to be withdrawn from Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. The withdrawal of commissioners will see full authority returned to the Council. The intervention began in 2015, following severe criticism of the Council in the Jay and Casey reports.
Read MoreSarah Champion MP has welcomed reforms the Government announced yesterday as part of its Victims Strategy, including changes to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS). The changes included a major shift in the way that Government treats victims, meaning that victims and survivors’ needs will now be considered from the moment crime occurs.
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It is a great honour for me to be here today to share my experience of child protection in the UK.
I have been a member of the British Parliament for five years. I represent an industrial town called Rotherham which is in Yorkshire, the North East of England. It is a small town. Historically, employment was in steel production and coal mining. Both of those industries are now greatly reduced, leaving large scale unemployment and poverty.
Read MoreSarah Champion MP has welcomed the Home Secretary’s commitment to preventing and disrupting child abuse, including online. In a speech at Weston House, the base of operations for Childline, the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, announced a number of measures, including new powers for the police to tackle online abuse and grooming and additional funding for police and the National Crime Agency. Mr Javid outlined the scale of the problem with 15% girls and 5% boys experiencing some form of sexual abuse before the age of 16. He went on to state that keeping children safe was his priority regardless of cultural or political sensitivities.
Read MoreA cross party group of MPs have welcomed assurances from the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid MP, that confronting Child Sexual Exploitation remains amongst the Government’s highest priorities.
Read MoreSarah Champion MP, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, has welcomed the announcement that full authority is planned to be returned to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, James Brokenshire, has issued new directions to RMBC. The directions will, following consultation, lead to the withdrawal of the team of commissioners who have over seen the Council since 2015 and follows a recent recommendation from the commissioners themselves that they be withdrawn. The government intervention in Rotherham began in 2015, following severe criticism of the Council in the Jay and Casey reports.
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