Sarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, has welcomed £10million in announced Government funding to South Yorkshire’s ‘Inactivity Trailblazer’, with Rotherham set to benefit. [1]
Read MoreSarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, has welcomed the Government’s £1m surge in capital funding as a part of the “Pride in Place” programme distributed by the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government to the Rotherham Council.
Read MoreSarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, has welcomed the Government’s landmark announcement of 30 hours’ funded childcare. Greasbrough Primary School, Rockingham Junior and Infant School, Thorpe Hesley Primary School will be part of the scheme, which is set to save parents up to £7,500 a year.
Read MoreSarah Champion MP has called on the Government to defend Speciality Steels following its collapse into liquidation.
The future of the business has been uncertain due to a series of financial issues involving its former parent company, Liberty, and its owner, Senjeev Gupta. An insolvency court ordered the business into controlled liquidation, with the Government agreeing to fund ongoing costs and wages whilst a buyer is sought.
Read MoreSarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, is pushing for the provision of more allotment and community garden land as part of National Allotments Week 2025 (11th August – 17th August).
This follows her political campaign with Rotherham constituent and Chair of the National Allotment Society, Mike Farrell, to ensure allotments and community-gardens were prioritised in the Government’s Planning Bill. [1, 2]
Read MoreFollowing the publication of the letter on 25/7/25, additional Members of Parliament have added their names. An updated letter, detailing all 255 signatories is available HERE.
Sarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham and Chair of the International Development Select Committee, has coordinated a cross-party letter to the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary, pressing for UK recognition of Palestinian statehood at the forthcoming UN Conference, taking place in New York on 28th-29th July. The letter is signed by 221 MPs, from nine political parties.
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