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…
‘Cruel and unfair’ plans could see free TV licences scrapped for over 75s
Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin has called on the government to ‘do the right thing by millions of people’ as MPs lined up to attack controversial plans that could see free TV licences for over 75s scrapped. During a three-hour debate in the House of Commons today, numerous MPs called on the Conservative government…
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…
Tracy Brabin MP joins 209 women MPs in historic exhibition
Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin is among 209 female Members of Parliament to have their portrait taken by a female photographer to mark 100 years since women first gained the right to vote and stand. The groundbreaking ‘209 Women’ project, envisaged by photographer and university lecturer Hilary Wood, was designed to mark the milestone…
‘It’s the least we can do’ – MP writes to Government asking for medals for munitions workers
Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin is calling on the Government to award medals to surviving Second World War munitions workers “without delay” after hearing the powerful story of 99-year-old constituent Mavis Walton. The MP has written to the Secretary for State for Defence to implore the Government to honour the ‘Canary Girls’ vital contribution…
‘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…
Holiday childcare cost increase ‘locking parents out of workplace’
Many Batley and Spen parents will struggle to meet childcare costs over the summer holidays as the latest figures reveal holiday childcare is getting more expensive. Childcare is now costing parents across Yorkshire and Humber an average of £130 a week- a five per cent increase in a single year. The rise highlights the serious…
Tracy Brabin MP on rail: ‘Week after week, all I get is excuse after excuse.’
Batley and Spen MP Tracy Brabin has written about the latest chapter in a long list of Government failures on rail in her latest Batley News column. Once again we have seen evidence of the utter contempt that the Conservative Government has for people in the north of the country. I refer to the explosive…
Kirklees MPs join forces in plea to Channel 4 ahead of deadline for National HQ submissions
All four Kirklees MPs have joined forces to highlight the ‘talent, innovation and creativity’ in the district in an impassioned letter to Channel 4 as the broadcaster considers where to locate its new national HQ. The Leeds City Region, which includes Kirklees, is submitting a written bid to bring the Channel 4 headquarters to the…
