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Sarah Olney

Opinion

Sarah Olney MP: The UK apprenticeship system is failing our young people

Sarah Olney
9 November, 2023

‘The UK is currently facing a chronic skills gap and investing in apprenticeships will help in addressing the issue’

Biodiversity
Opinion

Sarah Olney MP: The government must approach the biodiversity emergency with the urgency it deserves

Sarah Olney
12 December, 2022

‘The protection of a biodiverse environment has been plagued by ill-management and the government’s failure to understand the tangible consequences of poor biodiversity’

UK aid
Opinion

Sarah Olney MP: The pragmatic case for foreign aid

Sarah Olney
14 November, 2022

‘If we wish to ensure stability across the globe, slow the spread of authoritarianism, and prevent conflict, we must invest in the future of the developing world.’

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Opinion

Sarah Olney MP: The country is facing a homelessness emergency

Sarah Olney
3 October, 2022

‘The government must do more to protect those who need it, such as the 1.5 million who are on low-incomes and on pension credit.’

Parliament
News

Sarah Olney MP: Why we need a written constitution to protect UK Parliamentary democracy

Sarah Olney
1 September, 2022

The extent to which this Government has acted with exceptionalism is simply beyond limits.

Refugees

Sarah Olney MP: It Is Beyond Time for the UK to Reform Its Refugee and Asylum System

Sarah Olney
28 July, 2022

‘As it stands, there is a severe lack of safe and legal routes to the UK for the vast majority of refugees.’

Sarah Olney MP: The coming months will reveal the true reckoning of the Conservatives’ international aid budget cut

Sarah Olney
24 June, 2022

With war raging between the world’s largest wheat producers, the government’s choice to cut the international aid budget from 0.7 to 0.5 percent of GDP spells a dark period for the world’s most vulnerable.

Voting Ballot Box

Sarah Olney MP: The divisive politics of today prove the need for a fairer voting system

Sarah Olney
24 May, 2022

The art of nuance, compromise and cooperation in Westminster is now sadly more absent than ever.

The stakes are simply too high to let London’s transport network fall into managed decline

Sarah Olney
21 April, 2022

The prospect of TfL’s services descending into a managed decline should be terrifying for all those concerned, but sadly the government doesn’t appear to have received the memo.

Sarah Olney MP: It’s time to make public transport genuinely open to all

Sarah Olney
8 February, 2021

Policymakers must begin to concentrate on social, economic and political mobility facilitated by accessible public transport, writes Sarah Olney, MP for Richmond Park.

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