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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Richard Wheeler

Minister: Abuse victims deserve change rather than lamenting and repenting

Jess Phillips, minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls (Jordan Pettitt?PA) - (PA Wire)

Abuse victims deserve change from institutions rather than “lamenting and repenting”, a minister said as MPs pressed for fully independent safeguarding in the Church of England (CoE).

Home Office minister Jess Phillips declined to be drawn on what changes the CoE should make in light of recent safeguarding failures after condemning abuse suffered by adults and children.

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