Sunak attack ad “not hard enough” amid “broken” justice system, Phillips argues
Jess Phillips has declared that Labour’s controversial attack ad on Rishi Sunak is “not hard enough” and that…
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Starmer: State of criminal justice system under Tories a “stain on our country”
Keir Starmer has condemned the state of the criminal justice system under the Tories as a “stain on…
Starmer’s focus on violence against women is timely following Casey’s report
“Fighting crime is a Labour cause,” Keir Starmer declared in a speech setting out the second of the ‘missions’ that…
Starmer argues Met needs “root and branch review” following Carrick case
Keir Starmer has argued that the Metropolitan Police needs a “root and branch review” and described the case…
Starmer: Tackling violence against women and girls is a “personal mission”
Keir Starmer has said it is his “personal mission” to tackle violence against women and girls and accused…
Conservative MP arrested on suspicion of rape and banned from Commons
An unnamed Conservative MP arrested on suspicion of serious sexual offences including rape has been released on bail…
Labour urges action as rape prosecutions target not set to be reached for decades
Labour has told the government that “rape victims cannot be left to wait decades for action” after official…
PMQs: Debate over rape dismissed as “jabber” as Starmer demands an apology
Unusually for the past 15 months, the pandemic featured very little in Prime Minister’s Questions today. Instead, the…
As long as stereotypes of wicked women persist, we can never be safe
‘Cry rape’. A phrase that exists purely to speculate that women – and let’s not pretend this is a…
Exclusive: Tory handling of rape claim against MP “terribly disturbing”, says Cat Smith
Labour frontbencher Cat Smith has described the way that the Tory chief whip handled allegations against an ex-minister…
