All articles written by Melanie Onn on PoliticsHome.com

22 Oct 2024 Communities

We must ensure kinship care is properly valued so more children can stay within families

From the age of seven, I was raised by my great aunt.

28 Apr 2019 Brexit

Labour must stop its sleight-of-hand on a second Brexit referendum or risk alienating working people

Backing a second European referendum will show Labour is "tin-eared" and damage its election chances, says Melanie Onn MP.

04 Feb 2019 Home affairs

It’s time to send a strong message that assault or abuse of our public servants is never acceptable

Assault and abuse can have a significant impact on those who serve and protect us. It’s time our justice system took this into account, writes Melanie Onn

18 Dec 2018 Communities

Three presents the government should deliver to families in temporary accommodation

For the 130,000 children in the UK who will wake up on Christmas Day without a home, the best gift they could receive is a secure tenancy, says Melanie Onn

12 Oct 2018 Communities

120,000 children will wake up tomorrow without a home and in temporary accommodation

We rightly see the rise in rough sleeping on our streets as a national disgrace. But it is vital that those in temporary accommodation are not forgotten in actions to alleviate homelessness, writes Melanie Onn

19 Oct 2017 Communities

Labour will fight to make sure tenants' voices are heard

For too long people in the social rented sector have been forgotten, unheard and pushed to one side, writes Melanie Onn