Tulip Siddiq MP

Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn

Government's promises on early years are empty rhetoric after a decade of failure

We need a big conversation on early years to look at how we can rebuild vital social infrastructure like childcare in a way that meets the needs of families in decades to come.

27 Apr Foreign affairs

Boris Johnson Accused Of Using Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe As A "Bargaining Chip" In A Debt Row With Iran

The Prime Minister has been accused of failing to secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from an Iranian jail – where she was yesterday sentenced to serve another year – as a result of unresolved debt with the country.

07 Mar Foreign affairs

Dominic Raab Condemns “Cruel And Intolerable” Treatment Of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe And Calls for Iran To Allow Return To UK

Iran must allow Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to return to the UK as soon as possible after her jail sentence ended today, Dominic Raab has said.

04 Feb Political parties

Women In Parliament Cautiously Welcome “Bittersweet” Changes To Outdated Maternity Leave Rules

MPs and campaign groups have cautiously welcomed a law change which will allow Suella Braverman, who serves as Attorney General, to take paid maternity leave.

08 Jan Education

Early years have been treated as an afterthought, the sector is now on the brink of collapse

It's time for government to start taking early years seriously, by publishing the scientific data behind the decision to keep them open and provide targeted support the sector so badly needs.

24 Aug 2020 Foreign affairs

Government urged to use 'more stick' with Iran over Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe case

The husband of imprisoned Brit Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said the government must use "more stick" in its dealings with Iran to secure her release.

17 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

Extend free childcare to one-year-olds to protect vulnerable from coronavirus fallout, ministers urged

Free childcare should be extended to one-year-olds to stop disadvantaged families falling through the cracks as the UK deals with the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, the Government has been told.

10 Jul 2020 Political parties

True equality will only be achieved when every level of politics has proper representation

From Labour's NEC to the Tories' 1922 Committee, we need more diversity in the internal positions which shape the world of politics

28 May 2020 Coronavirus

Without a proper recovery plan for children, trauma from lockdown could stay with them forever

There is no time for complacency, and we cannot afford for the next generation to be scarred by the experience of this crisis.

20 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

A major U-turn on early years funding could leave many key workers without childcare

Childcare is a fourth emergency service in this crisis, but it is being overlooked, warns the Shadow Minister for Children and Early Years.

16 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

No-fault evictions must be scrapped to protect renters amid coronavirus

It may seem tragic that it takes an epidemic to fix inequalities in the rented sector, but we should seize these opportunities and act now

10 Feb 2020 Education

Changes to early years funding have hit disadvantaged children hardest

Failure to give childcare providers the funding they need is a false economy. The Government must change course, or a generation of children will pay the price

27 Jun 2019 Foreign affairs

Commons Diary: Tulip Siddiq

Three years and two months since Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained in Iran, her husband Richard began a hunger strike in solidarity. This week Labour MP Tulip Siddiq visited her constituent, whose physical condition is deteriorating, and encouraged others to do the same.

17 Nov 2015 Home affairs

“Intolerable” criminal courts charge is an affront to a fair trial

Labour MP, Tulip Siddiq, calls for the Government to reconsider the intolerable “travesty of a policy” that is the criminal courts charge.