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Stella Creasy rejected the suggestion that Labour was denying the British public a say on Europe. "I don't accept that argument. Nobody is ruling out a referendum in perpetuity, it's just not wise to do that with international issues. Wh... Continue to article
WORDS: CATHY NEWMAN When Channel 4 News broadcast allegations that the Lib Dem peer Lord Rennard had behaved inappropriately towards women, I’d feared the reaction in Westminster and beyond would be a collective shrug of the shoulders. S... Continue to article
A Conservative MP has claimed that immigration changes included in the Queen’s Speech were “not a reaction to UKIP”. Speaking on the BBC’s Daily Politics, Sarah Newton said that the proposals had been in planning “for months” but highlig... Continue to article
Education secretary Michael Gove and former education minister Lord Adonis attend the Spectator conference on the schools revolution in London (09.00) Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin speaks at a London First breakfast discussion o... Continue to article
Labour MP Stella Creasy turns 36 today, but despite being one of the younger shadow ministers, Ms Creasy seems to be feeling the effects of old age. Oi birthday copycat @caitlinmoran - will you stop making out today is a happy day …*goe...
Stella Creasy said the high rates payday loan companies charged was doing damage to communities, whilst debating with a representative of a loan company. "Why do you advertise that you don’t do credit checks, or say that you don’t do th... Continue to article
Labour's Stella Creasy writes that the case for capping payday loan rates 'is overwhelming' in an article for the Guardian. Continue to article
Stella Creasy urged the Government to protect consumers from the interest rates linked to payday loans. “Still today we hear the Government speaking against capping the cost of credit, which is the main measure we know to prevent people ... Continue to article
Stella Creasy admitted Parliament was still a gentlemen’s club and called the House of Commons “Hogwarts gone wrong" becuase of the gender balance. “There is undoubtedly an aura; I call it ‘Hogwarts gone wrong’. When I was first selected... Continue to article
Stella Creasy called for a 'radical rethink' on how to deal with sexual violence in the UK. "I think people are right to be concerned we think there is a need for a radical rethink about how we deal with sexual and domestic violence acro... Continue to article
Labour press release Stella Creasy, Shadow Home Office Minister, said: "Its time rape and serious sexual offences were handled effectively and in the interests of the vicitms. "The findings by the Independent Police Complaints Comm... Continue to article
Labour has called for a review into the effect of street lighting cuts on women's safety. They say several local councils have reduced their lighting or turned it off altogether to help reduce spending in the wake of swingeing budget cuts. Shadow Home Affairs minister Stella Creasy said: "David Cameron’s Government doesn’t seem to care that women working shifts, or returning from an evening out, could be being put at risk as they walk home in the dark"
She added "it’s not just people being frightened on the streets late at night walking around... but people that are just looking outside and feeling frightened in their own homes."
21/12/2011 in Local Government
Labour has called for a review into the effect of street lighting cuts on women's safety. They say several local councils have reduced their lighting or turned it off altogether to help reduce spending in the wake of swingeing budget cuts. Shadow Home Affairs minister Stella Creasy said: "David Cameron’s Government doesn’t seem to care that women working shifts, or returning from an evening out, could be being put at risk as they walk home in the dark"
She added "it’s not just people being frightened on the streets late at night walking around... but people that are just looking outside and feeling frightened in their own homes."
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