The Latest Breaking News from Jess Phillips

Jess Phillips: Government minister role felt like being in a ‘straitjacket’

The Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley also said she thinks about leaving parliament ‘all the time’.

Evening Standard · Aug 10

I hated being in Starmer’s government and he lacked the gusto to get anything done, ex-minister says

Administration was ‘nowhere near the level of will and commitment it will actually take’ to meet Labour’s pledge to violence against women and girls, she said

The Independent UK · Aug 7

Burnham to focus on keeping child rapists in prison as release scheme talks enter final day

Review goes down to the wire after ministers speak with victims’ representatives and support services

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2

Could Nigel Farage be forced to 'debate a bin all summer' after by-election stunt?

NIGEL Farage could be left to fight a by-election against Count Binface after all major parties refused to stand against him in Clacton.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 8

Andy Burnham Considers Changing Sentencing Law To Stop Early Release of Child Sex Offenders

Andy Burnham is exploring legal options to exclude child sex offenders from early release under new sentencing reforms, amid concerns over prison capacity and public safety.

International Business Times UK · Jul 6

‘Imagine this was your daughter’: how grieving mothers campaigned to close sentencing gap

David Lammy’s decision to increase minimum sentence for domestic murder victims follows years of tireless lobbying

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1

I’ve fought for victims’ rights for decades. Sarah Steele’s story has stunned me

A US military court denied her so many of the rights we have secured in the UK. I will do all I can to stop this happening again, says MP for Birmingham Yardley Jess Phillips

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27

‘Geldof started flicking Vs at Farage’: the story of the Brexit campaign, told by those with a front-row seat

How five months in 2016 that encompassed Boris Johnson siding with Vote Leave, Jo Cox’s murder and David Cameron’s resignation shaped the UK’s future

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23

Starmer on the brink: PM and Burnham ‘working towards’ handover in September

Tech secretary Peter Kyle said that the PM is discussing the ‘political realities’ of his position as foreign secretary Yvette Cooper becomes the most senior minister to tell him to go but MPs warn Starmer may have to go by mid-July

The Independent UK · Jun 21

The business secretary knows about jobs, and seems pretty sure Keir is out of one

Doing the rounds of the Sunday studios, Peter Kyle sounded like someone who knew it would all be over come Monday

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21