All articles written by Peter Kyle MP on PoliticsHome.com

18 Jul 2022 Brexit

Peter Kyle: Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights would do untold damage to our global reputation

The government is in chaos, if it can be said to be governing at all. Ministers are nowhere to be seen, either checked-out early ahead of September’s reshuffle or consumed with the leadership campaign. They’re failing in their duty to our country.

04 Jun 2021 Education

Our children’s futures are a second-order concern for this Tory government

In contrast to the government’s damp squib, we have proposed an ambitious Children’s Recovery Plan which presents a roadmap for all children to play, learn and develop as we exit the pandemic.

17 Mar 2021 Home affairs

The disastrous Sentencing Bill has exposed the government’s disregard for victims - women and girls in particular

Labour has set out our own Victims’ Bill for the government to accept, enshrining victims’ rights and protections into law for the very first time.

01 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

We are simply not testing enough people to mitigate the spread of coronavirus

Without the detailed knowledge of exactly who has coronavirus, the job of targeting resources effectively becomes really difficult.

30 Jan 2020 Brexit

Remainers must engage with the new reality - and prepare for what comes next

The same patriotic optimism that led the UK into the European Union must now be applied to what comes next, says Labour MP Peter Kyle.

20 Feb 2018

‘Allowing more young people to vote is an old idea whose time has finally come’

Labour MP Peter Kyle calls for the lowering of the voting age to 16 with the introduction of a bill to Parliament alongside Conservative MP Nicky Morgan and Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb.

12 Jan 2016 Health

Minimum wage increase will push care homes ‘towards the brink’

Labour MP, Peter Kyle, accuses the Government of having no plan to address the impeding social care crisis and calls for a commitment to dignity for all in later life.