Mary Creagh MP Articles

The first month of the year was bad for Labour but for the country was made worse by the Tories, argues Mary Creagh January 2016 marked the beginning of the first full year of majority Conservative government for two decades. Its slim electoral mandate has not...

In September I visited Lebanon, a country on the frontline of the refugee crisis. I met Syrians fleeing the brutality of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and of Islamic State. I met Iman, a 65-year-old grandmother from Aleppo, who was imprisoned by the Assad regime for more...

The Syria refugee crisis has shone a spotlight on the European Union and Britain’s relationship with the EU as David Cameron trots round countries on his mysterious ‘renegotiation’. The mystery surrounding his renegotiation is politically useful as it obscures the...

Labour's leadership candidates must face up to the hard choices of applying progressive values in a changing Middle East, writes Mary Creagh I took part in four Labour leadership hustings, organised by Progress, the Fabian Society and the GMB trade union before I...