Government rejects bid to ensure rape cases not tried in military courts
MPs have rejected by an 81-vote majority an amendment to ensure that the most serious charges against military…
Sexual violence
As a new MEP, I’ll fight to protect women from gender-based violence
Conflict-related sexual violence is one of the most shocking human rights abuses in the world, targeting some of…
Labour’s response to the arrest of Julian Assange doesn’t cut it
Within hours of Julian Assange’s bedraggled figure being forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy yesterday, the Labour Party…
Court rules Tory cuts to legal aid for domestic abuse cases are “invalid”
Ministers have suffered another embarrassing defeat in the Court of Appeal over their attempts to restrict access to…
Ten stories that won’t make the political weather this year – but should
1) Mental illness 2) Food banks 3) Rough sleeping 4) Children in care 5) Prostitution 6) Disabled hate…
