All articles written by Tracy Brabin on PoliticsHome.com

25 Jan 2024 Environment

Climate Protest MP Tells Voters To Use Locals To Shift Net Zero Plans

Former Conservative MP Chris Skidmore, who resigned over the government's plans to offer new oil and gas drilling licences, believes voters should "go local" to encourage policy to achieve net zero by 2050.

27 Nov 2023 Transport

Westminster must cough up funds for mass transit in West Yorkshire

How did you get to work today? Maybe you travelled in on the tube, or perhaps you used one of London’s world-class buses. If you live in an outer London constituency, maybe part of your journey comprised of a trip on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) or Croydon Tramlink.

27 Feb 2023 Culture

Investing in culture and the creative industries is key to levelling up in the North

West Yorkshire is well and truly cementing its place on the world stage

26 Oct 2021 Home affairs

Tory MP Clashes With Local Bradford Leaders After Calling For Inquiry Into Child Sexual Exploitation

Conservative MP Robbie Moore will lead a debate in the Commons this evening on child sexual exploitation in the Bradford district, an issue the parliamentarian claims is being “swept under the carpet” by West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Bradford Council.

19 Apr 2021 Books & culture

Required viewing for all young people: Tracy Brabin reviews ‘Promising Young Woman’

A darkly comedic tale of revenge on male sexual violence and victim shaming, Emerald Fennell’s audacious thriller – at once hilarious and disturbing – is delivered with panache

20 Aug 2020 Culture

Government must act quickly before a storm of job losses in the arts becomes a tsunami

Unless the Government's arts package funding is released quickly, once support from the Job Retention Scheme ends, creative industries will have no choice but to make further job cuts.

23 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

Coronavirus could plunge British economy into recession worse than 2008 crisis, analysts warn

Britain could be heading for a recession that would dwarf the 2008 financial crisis, according to a stark new economic forecast.

22 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

Self-employed workers in our creative industries are facing a financial catastrophe and Rishi Sunak must act now

Nothing short of a temporary basic income is going to give this substantial part of the creative workforce what it needs to get through this crisis, says the Shadow Culture Secretary

05 Jun 2019 Home affairs

When it comes to policing, our towns must not be overlooked

Whether it’s nuisance bikes, anti-social behaviour, burglaries or violence, it feels as though our smaller communities are battling against the tide, writes Tracy Brabin

29 Jan 2019 Health

It’s time to make hospital grounds smoke-free

It cannot be right that in hospitals, the very places we go to recover from our ills, people smoke freely right outside the front door, writes Tracy Brabin

26 Oct 2018 Economy

Allow freelancers and the self-employed access to shared parental leave and pay

Ahead of her Ten Minute Rule Bill in the House of Commons, Tracy Brabin writes about extending parental leave to freelancers and the self-employed.

21 Feb 2018 Economy

It’s time to extend Shared Parental Pay to freelancers and the self-employed

The days of new employment laws being created only for those in more conventional employment should be left behind, writes Tracy Brabin

17 Oct 2017 Education

Labour will develop the best possible early years system to build a better society

The early years system is being underfunded and undermined – we must invest in high-quality nursery education delivered by qualified teachers, says Tracy Brabin

21 Apr 2017

Review: Everywoman by Jess Phillips

Jess Phillips's disarmingly honest book has encouraged me to be a more opinionated and courageous version of myself, writes Labour MP Tracy Brabin