Sarah Champion MP has written to members of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council’s Cabinet ahead of a vote on proposals that would see three Rotherham Sure Start Children’s Centres deregistered, including two in Sarah’s constituency. Cabinet will vote on the proposals on Monday 22nd October.
Read MoreSarah Champion, MP for Rotherham, has obtained statistics showing the length of custodial sentences handed to people convicted of child sexual abuse offences in 2017. The information was obtained in a written parliamentary question to the Home Office.
Read MoreSarah Champion, MP for Rotherham and Co-Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual Violence, has reacted to the publication of the Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) annual Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) report, published today.
Read MoreSarah 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MP, Member of Parliament for Rotherham has welcomed the announcement that government appointed commissioners are to be withdrawn from Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.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.
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