Sarah Champion MP has called on the Government to provide additional funding to enable South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) to prevent bus service cuts in South Yorkshire that will leave Rotherham with just three services operating after 7PM.
Read MoreLast week, the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK), the national charity and leader in lifesaving and lifeguarding training across the UK and Ireland, brought its annual Drowning Prevention Week campaign to Westminster.
Read More“The publication of the IOPC’s final report on Operation Linden lays bare the appalling systemic failures at South Yorkshire Police. The report sets out an institutional culture where Child Sexual Exploitation was not prioritised, understood or resourced. Officers were dismissive when people tried to report abuse, with victims often seen as difficult, criminal or consenting in their own abuse. Intelligence wasn’t properly recorded, shared or acted upon. Multi-agency working was poor, and officers lacked an understanding of the powers they had to protect vulnerable young people. Most damningly, numerous opportunities to prevent exploitation and protect victims were missed. South Yorkshire Police let down those that it had a duty to protect.’
Read MoreThe Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has today published its long-term plan for UK aid, the ‘International Development Strategy.’
The Chair of the International Development Committee, which scrutinises Foreign Office spending on aid, Sarah Champion MP, said:
"This scant document is little more than a rehash of existing slogans when what the aid sector needs is vision.
Read MoreSarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, has called on the Government to abandon All Lane Running Smart Motorways following the publication of safety data that shows the true impact of removing the hard shoulder.
Read MoreSarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, has urged the Government to explore new powers to allow authorities to better disrupt industrial cannabis production.
Sarah has campaigned extensively to shut down illegal cannabis factories which have become increasingly prevalent in recent years. Sarah has now called for the Government to consider strengthening warrant powers to allow searches of properties operated by problem landlords, increased powers to enforce Emergency Prohibition Orders and the creation of a national register of landlords.
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