Karen Lee (politician)

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Karen Lee
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Official portrait, 2017
Shadow Minister for Fire and Rescue Services
In office
20 January 2018 –12 December 2019

Outside of her Shadow Ministerial brief, Lee regularly participates in debates relating to healthcare. Citing her experience as a trainee Nurse, Lee has campaigned to re-instate the Nursing Bursary. [28] She has also accused the government of under-funding and privatising the NHS. [29] Lee is an Ambassador for Breast Cancer Care, [30] and helped to secure a Westminster Hall debate on the future of Breast Cancer treatment. [31]

Lee has spoken regularly in favour of the re-nationalisation of public services, such as railways, [32] and against the public sector pay cap. [33] Lee has also advocated for a more re-distributive taxation system [34] and accused the government of forcing people in Lincoln into poverty through ‘unjust’ welfare policies and the ‘chaotic’ roll-out of Universal Credit. [35]

Lee is considered to be on the left wing of the Labour Party's political spectrum and was a member of the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs. At The World Transformed festival in September 2018, Lee spoke at a Socialist Campaign Group Rally entitled Towards a Socialist Government. [11]

Lee held elected positions on several All Party Parliamentary Groups, such as the APPG on Breast Cancer. [30] Lee has an interest in international human rights issues; she helped to establish the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf, [36] was the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Cuba [37] and was a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Tibet. [38]

Lee voted Remain in the 2016 Brexit referendum. [39] She was in favour of a "confirmatory" second vote and contended that a 'no-deal' Brexit would cost jobs in Lincoln. [39]

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