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Tracy Brabin

Tracy Brabin

@TracyBrabin

Labour/Co-operative MP for Batley and Spen

How A Secret Government Report Delayed Leeds' Long-Awaited Trams
Transport
How A Secret Government Report Delayed Leeds' Long-Awaited Trams
The long wait in Leeds for a tram network was recently extended yet again. Noah Vickers uncovers the real reasons for the latest delay
Leeds Tram Plan Was Working To 'Unrealistic Milestones', Secret Government Report Warned
Transport
Leeds Tram Plan Was Working To "Unrealistic Milestones", Secret Government Report Warned
Exclusive: Tracy Brabin’s attempts to start construction on a Leeds tram network before her next re-election campaign were blocked after a confidential Whitehall review concluded this deadline carried a high risk of wasted taxpayers’ cash.
West Yorkshire’s new tram network will unlock progress in jobs, housing and growth
Transport
By Tracy Brabin
West Yorkshire’s new tram network will unlock progress in jobs, housing and growth
Westminster’s focus rightly remains on one thing: growth. In God’s own country of West Yorkshire, we’re getting on with delivering it.
Climate Protest MP Tells Voters To Use Locals To Shift Net Zero Plans
Environment
Climate Protest MP Tells Voters To Use Locals To Shift Net Zero Plans
Former Conservative MP Chris Skidmore, who resigned over the government's plans to offer new oil and gas drilling licences, believes voters should "go local" to encourage policy to achieve net zero by 2050.
Westminster must cough up funds for mass transit in West Yorkshire
Transport
By Tracy Brabin
Westminster must cough up funds for mass transit in West Yorkshire
How did you get to work today? Maybe you travelled in on the tube, or perhaps you used one of London’s world-class buses. If you live in an outer London constituency, maybe part of your journey comprised of a trip on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) or Croydon Tramlink.
Investing in culture and the creative industries is key to levelling up in the North
Culture
By Tracy Brabin
Investing in culture and the creative industries is key to levelling up in the North
West Yorkshire is well and truly cementing its place on the world stage
Tory MP Clashes With Local Bradford Leaders After Calling For Inquiry Into Child Sexual Exploitation
Home affairs
Tory MP Clashes With Local Bradford Leaders After Calling For Inquiry Into Child Sexual Exploitation
Conservative MP Robbie Moore will lead a debate in the Commons this evening on child sexual exploitation in the Bradford district, an issue the parliamentarian claims is being “swept under the carpet” by West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Bradford Council.
Required viewing for all young people: Tracy Brabin reviews ‘Promising Young Woman’
Books & culture
By Tracy Brabin
Required viewing for all young people: Tracy Brabin reviews ‘Promising Young Woman’
A darkly comedic tale of revenge on male sexual violence and victim shaming, Emerald Fennell’s audacious thriller – at once hilarious and disturbing – is delivered with panache
Government must act quickly before a storm of job losses in the arts becomes a tsunami
Culture
By Tracy Brabin
Government must act quickly before a storm of job losses in the arts becomes a tsunami
Unless the Government's arts package funding is released quickly, once support from the Job Retention Scheme ends, creative industries will have no choice but to make further job cuts.
Coronavirus could plunge British economy into recession worse than 2008 crisis, analysts warn
Coronavirus
Coronavirus could plunge British economy into recession worse than 2008 crisis, analysts warn
Britain could be heading for a recession that would dwarf the 2008 financial crisis, according to a stark new economic forecast.
Self-employed workers in our creative industries are facing a financial catastrophe and Rishi Sunak must act now
Coronavirus
By Tracy Brabin
Self-employed workers in our creative industries are facing a financial catastrophe and Rishi Sunak must act now
Nothing short of a temporary basic income is going to give this substantial part of the creative workforce what it needs to get through this crisis, says the Shadow Culture Secretary
When it comes to policing, our towns must not be overlooked
Home affairs
By Tracy Brabin
When it comes to policing, our towns must not be overlooked

Whether it’s nuisance bikes, anti-social behaviour, burglaries or violence, it feels as though our smaller communities are battling against the tide, writes Tracy Brabin
It’s time to make hospital grounds smoke-free
Health
By Tracy Brabin
It’s time to make hospital grounds smoke-free

It cannot be right that in hospitals, the very places we go to recover from our ills, people smoke freely right outside the front door, writes Tracy Brabin
Allow freelancers and the self-employed access to shared parental leave and pay
Economy
By Tracy Brabin
Allow freelancers and the self-employed access to shared parental leave and pay

Ahead of her Ten Minute Rule Bill in the House of Commons, Tracy Brabin writes about extending parental leave to freelancers and the self-employed.
It’s time to extend Shared Parental Pay to freelancers and the self-employed
Economy
By Tracy Brabin
It’s time to extend Shared Parental Pay to freelancers and the self-employed

The days of new employment laws being created only for those in more conventional employment should be left behind, writes Tracy Brabin
Labour will develop the best possible early years system to build a better society
Education
By Tracy Brabin
Labour will develop the best possible early years system to build a better society

The early years system is being underfunded and undermined – we must invest in high-quality nursery education delivered by qualified teachers, says Tracy Brabin
Review: Everywoman by Jess Phillips
By Tracy Brabin
Review: Everywoman by Jess Phillips

Jess Phillips's disarmingly honest book has encouraged me to be a more opinionated and courageous version of myself,​ writes Labour MP Tracy Brabin