All articles written by Anna McMorrin MP on PoliticsHome.com

02 Dec 2021 Home affairs

It’s shameful that victims feel demeaned and degraded instead of seeing justice delivered

“You’re safer staying in that abusive relationship than you are trying to get out. The aftermath is 100 per cent worse.” Harrowing words that you’d never think a survivor of attempted murder, rape and domestic abuse would utter. But that’s the harsh reality Rachel (pseudonym) and many other survivors face because of the ugly truth behind our broken criminal justice system.

20 Oct 2021 Home affairs

The government is failing in its fundamental duty to protect women and girls and uphold the law

“Traumatised, forgotten, abandoned.” These are words spoken by victims of domestic abuse, rape and serious sexual assault who are being let down by the criminal justice system - suffering in isolation, scared and often completely unaware of their rights as victims.

10 Sep 2020 Environment

The Green Share Bill will tackle climate change by empowering communities from the ground up

The Green Share Bill will unlock private investment for co-operatives and member-owned businesses to expand and deliver green, sustainable projects. It's an opportunity for the Government to show the climate leadership we’ve all been waiting for.

20 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

The Government is still stuck in a fossil fuel age when it comes to international development

The Government is still spending billions in aid on overseas fossil fuel projects, diminishing resilience and deepening climate injustices

07 Jul 2020 Environment

Will Rishi Sunak bail out Boris Johnson and show the environmental ambition we’ve all been waiting for?

We’re not short of ideas on how to forge an alternative path on climate change — but it’s going to need political will from the top to make it happen

05 Jun 2020 Coronavirus

We must take climate justice seriously, time is running out

The great injustice is that they are the ones that suffer the most and yet are the least responsible. We are in a race against time and unless we take climate justice seriously, we will be doing the world a great disservice.

21 May 2020 Coronavirus

Labour urges ministers to pile pressure on US and China amid bitter dispute over ‘lifeline’ coronavirus aid for Syria

Labour has urged the Government to do more to break a bitter United Nations deadlock between Washington and Beijing over “lifeline” coronavirus help for war-torn Syria.

03 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

We need united leadership, the prime minister must follow Wales’ lead

The prime minister should follow the lead shown by devolved administrations and extend an olive branch.

09 Jan 2020 Political parties

Keir Starmer will rebuild Labour's credibility, secure public trust and win power

Keir Starmer is the leadership contender best placed to win back the voters Labour failed to convince in 2019 and to retain the coalition of support that is so vital to winning back power, writes Anna McMorrin MP.

14 Jan 2019 Home affairs

Climate change is reaching a crisis point – let’s start acting like it

The world is running out of time to deal with climate change. It's time for the government to face up to the imminent risks and take this crisis seriously, writes Anna McMorrin

11 Jun 2018 Environment

Taxpayers should not have to foot the bill to turn back the plastic tide

Ministers must legislate to ensure that producers of packaging are held accountable for the collection, recycling, and disposal of their products, writes Anna McMorrin