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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn

Ex-Spice Girl Mel B tells Tory conference of need for domestic abuse reforms

Melanie Brown arrives at the Conservative Party annual conference in Birmingham.
Melanie Brown arrives at the Conservative Party annual conference in Birmingham. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

The former Spice Girl Melanie Brown has told an event at the Conservative party conference of her fears that the “massive issue of domestic abuse” will slip down the agenda during “these times of absolute economic chaos”.

The singer, known to millions as Mel B or “Scary Spice”, was speaking at a meeting organised by the Sun and Women’s Aid, which she became a patron of in 2018 after leaving what she described as an abusive relationship.

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