All articles written by Stella Creasy MP on PoliticsHome.com

28 May Parliament

Is Parliament's nursery ready for an inundation of post-election applications?

Parliament’s nursery is over-subscribed – and the problem is only likely to get worse after the general election. Morgan Jones speaks to MPs, the House authorities and candidates already eyeing their place

27 Nov 2023 Health

Parliament must vote to decriminalise abortion

When Roe v Wade was repealed in America last year, many voices in the UK were quick to dismiss concerns that restrictions on a woman’s basic right to choose could ever happen here, and assumed that our right to access abortion services was secure and reflected the settled will of the people.

27 Nov 2023 Health

MPs Could Vote On Decriminalising Abortion In England And Wales

MPs will get the chance to vote on decriminalising abortion in England and Wales, with a Labour MP expected to table an amendment this week.

30 Nov 2022 Home affairs

Home Office Accused Of "Toxic and Indifferent" Approach To Safeguarding Asylum Seekers

A shadow minister has said that the Home Office’s approach to the safeguarding of asylum seekers appears to be “based on a toxic combination of incompetence and indifference,” as the safety of children arriving in the UK has been called into question.

03 Mar 2022 Parliament

Mothers of Parliament: the challenges of combining parenthood and politics

Mothers have been elected to Parliament since women first became MPs. But combining the two roles remains a challenge. Rosamund Urwin reports.

24 Nov 2021 Political parties

Rules On Babies In Parliament To Be Reviewed After Stella Creasy Was Reprimanded

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has announced that the current rules on babies in the Chamber are to be reviewed after a Labour MP was reprimanded for holding her child during a debate.

19 Oct 2021 Coronavirus

MP Calls For "Buffer Zones" Around Schools After Anti-Vaccine Groups Targeted Parents And Children

Labour MP Stella Creasy has urged the government to introduce measures restricting demonstrations in the areas surrounding schools after anti-vaccine protestors have escalated activity targeting children and parents.

23 Sep 2021 Home affairs

We need fundamental reforms to address the epidemic of violence against women

The last Law Commission review of hate crime, published in 2014, still sits unused on a dusty shelf at the Ministry of Justice, so it is hard to have confidence this one will be any different.

14 Aug 2021 Environment

Flood Zone MPs Issue Plea To "Radically Reform" Green Plans After Alarming Climate Report

After this week’s “code red” climate report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned the planet is warming at a more alarming rate than expected, MPs from both major parties fear recent flooding is set to get much worse and are calling for more to be done at both a local and global scale.

26 Jul 2021 Home affairs

Army Is Needed To Deal With Devastating Weather Events, Says Flood Zone MP

The army should be brought in to help councils deal with devastating inner city flooding, according to an MP whose community bore the brunt of the weekend’s downpour.

12 Jul 2021 Political parties

IPSA clashes with Stella Creasy MP over maternity cover

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) been criticised for rejecting Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy’s request for a locum to cover her maternity leave.

16 Mar 2021 Home affairs

Government Faces Backlash Over “Bizarre” Plan To Put Undercover Police Officers In Nightclubs To Tackle Sexual Harassment

MPs and women's groups have hit back at the government over plans to deploy plain-clothes police officers in bars and nightclubs in a bid “to provide further reassurance for women and girls”.

05 Feb 2021 Economy

Any further delay to the regulation of exploitative ‘buy now, pay later’ firms could be catastrophic

With millions now using these companies and the threat of further redundancies and difficulties on the horizon, regulation of the BNPL industry needs to happen in weeks not months.

02 Feb 2021 Economy

‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Lenders Klarna and Clearpay Are Facing A Government Crackdown After Harm Warnings

The government has announced a crackdown on ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ (BNPL) services such as Klarna and Clearpay that allowshoppers to pay for the purchase in interest-free installments.

18 Jan 2021 Economy

The government has yet to level up its thinking when it comes to supporting working parents

Reports of workplace discrimination have risen exponentially during the pandemic. It has become painfully clear protections for women in the workplace are disintegrating.

20 Oct 2020 Economy

We must break the culture of secrecy which enables pay discrimination to thrive

The Equal Pay Implementation and Claims Bill (EPIC), will give women the “Right to Know” the pay of their male counterparts without court action, as well as addressing other barriers to equal pay.

08 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

Private companies face no accountability for the failure of test and trace – however poorly the service is run

Everyday test and trace is trying the patience of thousands of worried families. It's no accident that multi-million, extendable contracts explicitly absolve private companies of any performance penalties.

26 Aug 2020 Coronavirus

Exclusive: Government urged to end 'mum-shaming' amid warning women face 'tsunami of unemployment' without more help

A "tsunami" of working mums could be forced out of the labour market if ministers fail to prioritise parents in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, an MP who recently returned from maternity leave has warned.

16 Jun 2020 Political parties

Explained: Labour’s Stella Creasy and Nadia Whittome on why treating misogyny as a hate crime could aid the battle against domestic abuse

As the long-awaited Domestic Abuse Bill enters its committee stage, a group of MPs are urging the government to consider misogyny — hatred and contempt for women — as a hate crime.

14 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

As the coronavirus crisis continues, we need a BEIS chair and committee that backs Britain’s businesses

This week, we will be running articles from the MPs vying to be the new chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee. Stella Creasy says she has the experience to ensure the BEIS committee can be the constructive forum our constituents and representatives need.

05 Jul 2019 Home affairs

Government must repeal the ancient legislation denying abortion access to women in Northern Ireland

Labour and Co-operative MP Stella Creasy calls on UK politicians to "get their house in order" and repeal the Offences Against the Persons Act 1861 which means that abortion in Northern Ireland is criminalised by life in prison, even in cases of fatal foetal abnormalities, rape or incest.

24 Oct 2018

It's Theresa May's DUP deal that's stopping Northern Irish women getting abortion rights - not devolution

It is Theresa May's reliance on the DUP which is stopping women from getting access to abortions in Northern Ireland, rather than the intricacies of devolution, argues Stella Creasy.

21 Feb 2018 Home affairs

'Legal loan sharks' have preyed on our services for too long

Stella Creasy says today, by voting for the amendment to the Finance Bill on a PFI windfall tax, parliament has a chance to show the public that when politicians make mistakes, they recognise the necessity is not to find someone to blame but to put things right.