Batley & Spen MP Tracy Brabin has taken aim at the government’s “shameful legacy” on crime during a debate on the impact rising crime is having on smaller towns and communities. Ms Brabin called the debate to highlight the damage being done by a “crime epidemic” in Batley and Spen, using several local examples to…
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Tracy Brabin MP helps secure £1.2m funding for historic CSE investigations
Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin has helped secure £1.2 million in special grant funding for West Yorkshire Police to assist investigations into historic child sexual exploitation cases. Ms Brabin has been working closely with West Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) Mark Burns-Williamson and West Yorkshire Police to secure the Home Office funding. It comes after…
‘Poorest being punished’ by public computer cuts
Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin says the ‘poorest in our society are being punished’ after new figures revealed hundreds of public computers have been cut across Yorkshire and Humberside. Over five hundred public computers have disappeared from libraries across the region since 2010, while over 2,000 computers have been cut across the north since…
Tracy Brabin MP: ‘Every community deserves to feel safe’
On Saturday I took full advantage of the unseasonably warm weather by enjoying my lunch outside one of Birstall’s many wonderful eateries, writes Tracy Brabin MP in her latest Batley News column. As I sat, watching the world go by in the glorious winter sun, it reminded me just how fantastic a town it can…
Tory Government plans to fund policing ‘unjust and fundamentaly unfair’
Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin has slammed Government plans to force taxpayers to fork out for more police officers as “unjust and fundamentally unfair”. Under the Conservative Government’s Funding Settlement announced today, police forces will be given the option to double the council tax precept. It comes after years of cuts to West Yorkshire…
Batley and Spen MP demands ‘cast iron guarantee’ that police will have resources it needs for CSE investigation
Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin called on the Government to give a “cast-iron guarantee” that West Yorkshire Police will have the resources it needs to protect victims of Child Sex Abuse and bring perpetrators to justice. The MP’s intervention comes after 55 people were arrested in Batley, Dewsbury and Bradford in connection with non-recent…
‘The most vulnerable are relying on us’ – Tracy Brabin MP speaks out on ‘tragedy’ of modern slavery
Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin says we all have a part to play in protecting the most vulnerable from a greed-driven “tragedy of human making” on what is Anti-Slavery Day 2018. The MP delivered a powerful speech in Parliament during a debate last week highlighting the “vile, disgusting and pernicious” crime that is modern-day…
Tracy Brabin MP grills Prime Minister after doctor’s visa application rejected six times
Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin took Theresa May to task at Prime Minister’s questions recently over a doctor who planned to work locally but had his visa application refused six times because of strict Government immigration rules. The experienced paediatric doctor intended to work within the Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust, which is constantly battling…
Tracy Brabin slams Government over ‘shocking’ crime rise
Local MP Tracy Brabin has warned the Tories are ‘failing to protect the public’ after new figures revealed crime in Yorkshire is soaring, as Tory cuts sent police officer numbers nationwide to the lowest level in three decades. The new crime figures released today showed the highest annual rise in police recorded crime since comparable…
Tracy Brabin MP tackles government over police cuts.
In the House of Commons, Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin tackled ministers from the Home Office over funding levels of police. Quoting Sarah Thornton, the most senior police chief in Britain, she said, “With officer numbers at 1985 levels, crime up 10 per cent in the last year and police work becoming ever more…
