Sarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, was one of 12 MPs who questioned the Prime Minister in today’s Liaison Committee session. This in her capacity as Chair of the International Development Select Committee.
She grilled the Prime Minister on a range of topics; from refugee costs in the UK, to the effectiveness of taxpayer money spent on overseas aid.
Read MoreSarah 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 MoreSarah Champion, member of Parliament for Rotherham, has welcomed the news that Greasbrough Primary School, Rockingham Junior and Infant School and Thorpe Hesley Primary School are part of the first wave of Labour’s new school-based nurseries, giving children the best start in life and getting them ready for school.
Read More21 schemes in South Yorkshire receive the go ahead with fresh government funding this year
Delivering on the Labour Government’s Plan for Change, projects to help protect 27,000 more homes and businesses over the next year
Today, Sarah Champion secured key commitments from the Government to stop slavery in renewable energy supply chains.
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