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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Richard Wheeler

Ministers warned action not ‘warm words’ needed to tackle violence against women

PA Wire

Bereaved families and campaigners warned “lessons are not being learned” to deal with violence against women and girls, telling ministers: “Warm words are no longer enough.”

They stood in silence in the House of Commons public gallery as Labour MP Jess Phillips spent almost five minutes reading out the names of women killed in the UK in the last year, where the primary suspect or known killer is a man.

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