All articles written by Lucy Allan MP on PoliticsHome.com

19 Jul 2022 Home affairs

Lucy Allan: After decades of failure, the victims of child sexual exploitation in Telford are finally being heard

In a turbulent and dislocated political environment, is easy to wonder why anyone would choose to be an MP. Then something happens that reminds you and so it was last week.

20 Mar 2019 Health

Hospital trusts must focus on narrowing health inequalities

NHS Trusts that move resource from disadvantaged to advantaged areas have a moral and statutory duty to evidence how they are narrowing health inequalities, writes Lucy Allan

21 May 2018 Home affairs

The CPS and the police are failing victims of child sexual exploitation

A child victim of a grooming gang does not exercise free will. That consent is still being taken into consideration by the police and the CPS in such cases is wrong, writes Lucy Allan

08 May 2018 Communities

New Town MPs can tackle common challenges together

Our new APPG will work to ensure that all new towns, past, present and those to be built, can realise their full potential, writes Lucy Allan

27 Jan 2017 Home affairs

Prevent is not working, and it undermines trust between teachers and pupils

Writing exclusively for PoliticsHome, Lucy Allan MP says that teachers are being forced by the Prevent programme to monitor and scrutinise what children are saying, with suspicion and mistrust.