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 MoreFamilies and children in Rotherham will soon benefit from free, daily breakfast clubs as the Labour government confirms the first 750 schools to offer the scheme, including Coleridge Primary School, putting up to £450 a year back in local parents’ pockets.
· Labour is rolling out free breakfast clubs to save working families up to £450 and set children up to start the day ready to learn
· First 750 schools to offer clubs from April, delivering on government’s Plan for Change
· 67,000 pupils in England’s most disadvantaged communities to benefit in first phase
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, MP for Rotherham, has been campaigning on child protection for over a decade. Today she sent a cross-party letter to the Prime Minister, signed by 25 MPs and Peers, calling on the UK Government to treat endemic child abuse as a national priority. Signatories include Ruth Cadbury MP, Robbie Moore MP, Monica Harding MP and others.
Read MoreSarah Champion has welcomed an increase in funding for public health services in Rotherham, the total amounting to an impressive £19,420,372 for the year 2025-26. This is part of the biggest real-terms increase, which amounts to £200 million nationally, after nearly a decade of reduced spending under the Conservatives.
Read MoreSarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, has welcomed the Government’s new reforms to support victims of child sexual abuse, following her campaign to implement all recommendations from the Independent Inquiry to Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA).
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