Sarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham expressed frustration that her amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which aimed to prevent unscrupulous developers from exploiting loopholes in planning legislation to by-pass scrutiny for landfill sites, was not selected for Parliamentary vote.
Sarah had tabled an amendment that would cause un-utilised planning permission for landfill sites to lapse should the site be dormant for more than 10 years.
Read MoreSarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, welcomes news that unfair bonuses have been banned with immediate effect for senior bosses at Yorkshire Water.
Under these new rules, introduced with the landmark Water (Special Measures) Act 2025, companies including Yorkshire Water are not permitted to pay bonuses to water bosses that oversee poor environmental and customer outcomes.
Read MoreSarah Champion MP met with Home Office Minister, Jess Phillips, to seek Government support for her amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill.
Champion has tabled several amendments to the Bill [1], including one on the provision of training for Mandatory Reporting, and another to prevent Registered Sex Offenders from changing their name. These amendments seek to better protect children, as well as victims of rape and sexual offences.
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Sarah Champion MP is looking for a confident, detail-orientated individual to join her Westminster office as her Personal Assistant and Diary Manager.
Working with the Executive Office Manager as well as the Parliamentary team, the PA will provide primary support to Sarah with diary management and administration. They will align Sarah’s diary with daily Parliamentary duties, such as votes, manage all diary entries for Parliamentary appointments, prepare paperwork and other materials for meetings and events, greet and escort guests, and generally ensure Sarah is where she needs to be when she needs to be there.
Read MoreSarah Champion MP and Baroness Hodgson of Abinger met with Foreign Office Minister, Lord Collins, to seek Government support for their Women, Peace & Security (WPS) Bill, scheduled for 2nd Reading in the Commons on 20th June.
Champion urged the Minister to adopt her proposed law to soften the impact of the aid cuts. She argued that at a moment when women’s and girls’ rights are under attack, the UK must do more, not less to champion women’s’ voices.
Read MoreSarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, celebrates historic investment into Rotherham’s local transport system, after years of campaigning for improvements. [1]
Today, the Chancellor announced that working people in South Yorkshire will benefit from a £1.5bn investment into local transport, forming part of the biggest ever investment in buses, trams and local train infrastructure.
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