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Record number of rape offences recorded as minister promises ‘urgent action’

More than 74,000 rape offences were recorded by police last year as officers get better at dealing with sexual abuse cases and victims come forward

The Independent UK

Websites trafficking child abuse images see sharp increase in a year, report warns

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The Independent UK

Websites selling child abuse images double in past year as Jess Phillips hits out at ‘sickening’ new data

The minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls said “we will not allow criminal gangs to profit from children’s unimaginable suffering”

The Independent UK

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Man, 47, pleads not guilty to stalking and harassing Jess Phillips

Lee Owens is accused of sending threatening emails to minister responsible for tackling violence against women

The Guardian - UK

Karl Turner has Labour whip suspended after criticism of Starmer and No 10

Hull East MP was recently interviewed by Jody McIntyre, campaigner who stood against Jess Phillips in 2024

The Guardian - UK

Troubles sex crime victims deserve to have their stories told – Jess Phillips

The safeguarding minister appeared before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Children being ‘failed’ by tech companies as sex abuse image crimes rise by almost 10%

NSPCC chief executive Chris Sherwood said tech firms “can do more to prevent this from happening in the first place”

The Independent UK

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Sons were suspects in nearly one in five cases of women killed by men in UK in past year

Figures recorded by Femicide Census in past 12 months indicate highest rate of matricide in 16 years

The Guardian - UK

Labour Secretary Charlotte Nichols Slams David Lammy's Legal Reforms After Sexual Assault Claim

Charlotte Nichols revealed her rape ordeal during debate on the Courts and Tribunals Bill as MPs clashed over reforms aimed at reducing court backlogs in the UK justice system.

International Business Times UK

Jess Phillips reveals she is a victim of courts backlog with restraining order case delayed until 2028

The safeguarding minister said she 100 per cent supports the government’s court reforms, as plans to curb jury trials passed the first Commons hurdle

The Independent UK

Jess Phillips reveals she is ‘victim of courts backlog’ as jury trial bill passes

Exclusive: Safeguarding minister says man accused of restraining order breach will not come to court until 2028

The Guardian - UK

Victims Of Honour-Based Abuse To Receive Stronger Legal Protections Under New Legislation

The UK government has introduced a statutory definition and guidance to better support victims of honour-based abuse, improve police responses, and hold perpetrators accountable.

International Business Times UK

We owe it to every victim of Jeffrey Epstein to better protect women and girls in Britain. And we will

I am furious that women and children have to endure a crisis like this for progress to become politically possible. But I will seize this moment, says minister for violence against women and girls Jess Phillips

The Guardian - UK

Jess Phillips calls for Epstein files to be catalyst for long-term legislative change

Safeguarding minister says she wants to use momentum to invest in prevention and get more than quick-fix policies

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The Independent UK

Banaz Mahmod died in an ‘honour’ killing 20 years ago. Her death changed police investigations forever

‘I wish time stood still because the more years that go by, the further away she feels from me,’ said sister Payzee Mahmod

Marie Claire

Queen Camilla Is Tackling a Cause That Would've Been "Unimaginable" For Previous Royals as She Reflects on "Horrifying" Crisis

The Queen visited Avon and Somerset Police's headquarters on February 12.

The Guardian - UK

England planning proposals fail to mention safety of women and girls, say critics

Draft proposals likely to ‘embed risk and inequality’, campaigners and urban planners say

The Independent UK

‘A stranger stopped me in the street and asked me for my number. Then I found out he was secretly filming me’

Experts say smart glasses are being used to violate women’s privacy and threaten their safety online

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The Independent UK

New law set to protect dating app users from ‘vile crime’ of cyberflashing

Social media and dating platforms are legally mandated to proactively detect and prevent unsolicited nude images from reaching their users

The Guardian - UK

‘They thought we were problem children’: how grooming victims were failed in Oldham

National inquiry on grooming gangs will look at how police ignored girls while officials feared fuelling the far right

The Independent UK

‘Hidden crisis’ of 40,000 women and girls going missing every year due to violence

Women open up about abuse that led to disappearance, after government VAWG strategy is silent on missing people, as The Independent hopes to launch national lifeline SafeCall

The Guardian - UK

UK government strategy to protect women and girls from violence ‘seriously underfunded’

Campaigners welcome plans but say poor funding means Labour’s ambitions unlikely to be met

The Independent UK

Misogynistic abuse is a ‘national emergency’ – and it starts online

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips is to be applauded for treating the problem of violence against women and girls with the same seriousness and techniques used to foil terrorism – but still more can be done to control the tech giants who make money out of pushing…

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch accused of making ‘deeply inaccurate’ claims about violence against women

Tory leader says Labour should focus on migrants ‘from cultures that don’t respect women’ rather than tackling misogyny in schools

The Independent UK

UK government unveils plans to tackle deepfake abuse

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