All articles written by Debbie Abrahams MP on PoliticsHome.com

01 Jul Communities

To cut welfare spending, we must get people back into work – but a punitive system won’t help

If work is to be the route out of poverty – which, with nearly four million people in work living in poverty, it currently isn’t – the system must do more than simply incentivise employment.

04 Dec 2024 Health

We must create lasting change for disabled people

As this week we mark International Day of Disabled People, we are called to reflect on the theme: “Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future.”

10 Oct 2023 Political parties

Reducing inequalities will deliver a fairer Britain

The row over HS2 and decision to scrap the Birmingham to Manchester leg is yet another example of the government’s lack of meaningful commitment to the North and levelling up the country.

08 Jun 2023 Parliament

Deeply problematic and toxic culture in Westminster cannot go on

In just under a week’s time, MPs will have the chance to vote through new rules aimed at better protecting staff from Members accused of sexual or violent misconduct.

27 Mar 2023 Parliament

Parliamentary processes are not tough enough to hold politicians to account

As if we needed it, last week delivered a powerful reminder of why our politics requires a deep clean.

11 Jan 2023 Parliament

We need to put the ministerial code on a statutory footing to repair distrust in politics

Most MPs seek election because they want to help improve the lives of their constituents. But our job is made so much harder when a minority break or bend the rules we are meant to uphold.

02 Nov 2022 Health

Social care workforce crisis is failing people with dementia

It’s been 11 months since the government published its Adult Social Care White Paper, People at the Heart of Care – and yet we still have precious little detail on how government will deliver vital reform for the social care workforce.

03 Aug 2022 Books & culture

'A remarkable woman': Debbie Abrahams reviews new biography of Edith Summerskill

Like many, I knew of Dr Edith Summerskill but didn’t really know about her. The recently published, very readable biography by former Labour MEP, Mary Honeyball, soon put a stop to that.

19 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

Covid-19 is a disease of poverty

There is a real concern across communities in the North that our areas will be ‘levelled down’ even further by the pandemic and the Government’s response to it.

02 Oct 2020 Economy

Support for young people on Universal Credit must not come to an end after the pandemic

Young workers have been hit hardest by Covid-19. Ministers must continue financial support for vulnerable young people, which can have a real impact on those working towards employment and a home of their own.

21 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

The Government must act now to safeguard people with dementia against a second wave of coronavirus

It is vital that we embed dementia-friendly behaviour into our communities.

02 Sep 2020 Education

We need an urgent inquiry into the role of the welfare state to tackle widening inequality in Britain

The widening of the attainment gap in primary schools, due to a rising number of disadvantaged children living in persistent poverty should act as a stark wake up call to us all.

07 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

We need a Covid Legacy Bill that puts health, wellbeing and happiness at the heart of decision-making

Coronavirus has laid bare the deep inequalities in our country and the consequences they are having for people’s lives.

24 Jan 2020 Home affairs

The committee must draw on the widest possible pool of experience

I would explore options for joint working and take a collaborative approach as chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, writes Debbie Abrahams MP

25 Jun 2019 Health

We need to fix the broken care system

Debbie Abrahams MP urges the Government to include a Dementia Fund in the forthcoming Spending Review to end the unfairness facing people with dementia.

15 Jan 2019 Economy

The Case for Project Bank Accounts

For healthy growth we need to support our entrepreneurs and small businesses, writes Debbie Abrahams MP, and it’s time that late payment is viewed as being as unethical, and unacceptable, as tax evasion.

Dementia and comorbidity – UK ‘should be shocked’ by substandard care

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21 Apr 2016 Health

Dementia and comorbidity – UK ‘should be shocked’ by substandard care

Labour MP and co-Chair of the APPG on Dementia, Debbie Abrahams MP, calls for 'profound changes' to the way our health system treats those with multiple conditions.

24 Feb 2015 Economy

Tackling the discrimination of disabled workers

Ahead of her debate, Labour’s Debbie Abrahams MP, calls for the Government to address the inequality in employment people with disabilities still face.