Safe zones outside abortion clinics to come into effect this month as silent prayers outside face ban The law will apply within a 150-metre radius of abortion service providers in England and Wales Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2024
Police officers perpetrate shocking levels of domestic abuse with impunity, report finds ‘We trust police officers to keep us safe and the fact some are committing the terror of domestic abuse is appalling and completely unacceptable,’ MP Jess Phillips says The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2024
Buffer zones to be introduced outside abortion clinics after lengthy delays ‘The right to access abortion services is a fundamental right for women in this country, and no one should feel unsafe when they seek to access this,’ Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips says The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2024
Man who sent Jess Phillips abusive emails jailed for three months Nabil Arif, 36, told MP she would ‘burn until her skin is no more’ in messages Phillips said curbed her freedom and work The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2024
Punish the men who pay for sex, rather than the women lured into that life Prostitution puts lives in danger yet sexual exploitation is permitted to thrive in the UK The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2024
Keir Starmer received £4,000 Taylor Swift tickets in freebies latest The perks of being an MP, from VIP seats and free clothes to helicopter rides Evening Standard · Aug 19, 2024
Tory leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat slams ‘delusional’ Elon Musk over claim UK civil war is inevitable Former security minister hit out at Nigel Farage and said Keir Starmer should have sacked home office minister Jess Phillips as he set out how he would have responded to the riots The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2024
Labour MPs ‘step back’ from Twitter as Elon Musk accused of turning X into ‘megaphone for far right’ Some MPs say they are limiting their use of the app thanks to Elon Musk’s involvement, but others have continued to use it despite criticising the platform The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2024
How users can leave Twitter / X – and what are the alternatives For those among the growing number of UK users planning to leave X, here’s how to do it and a selection of alternative platforms The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2024
Labour ministers will ‘mess up’ and disappoint voters, Jess Phillips says Minister accuses Tory government of ‘spitting in our face and telling us it is raining’ The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2024
Social media site X is ‘only a place of misery’, Government minister says Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls, spoke out after a spat between the PM and X boss Elon Musk. Evening Standard · Aug 11, 2024
Jess Phillips calls X a ‘place of misery’ as she vows to scale back use Labour minister says she removed social media platform’s app from her mobile phone when Elon Musk took over The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024
Police investigate attacks on cars and a pub after hundreds of people gather in Birmingham West Midlands Police and local MP Jess Phillips vowed to bring perpetrators to justice on seventh day of disorder on UK’s streets The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024
Jess Phillips accused of ‘making excuses’ for masked gang in Birmingham as cars smashed and man attacked James Cleverly called for the Home Office minister to ‘think about the consequences’ of her words The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024
Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2024 Wilderness: has the poshest festival in Britain gone left wing? Labour’s Jess Phillips has replaced David Cameron as the star of this year’s festival
The Guardian - UK · Aug 4, 2024 Let’s Be Honest by Jess Phillips review – manifesto for a better politics speaks plainly but falls flat The fourth book from the admirable Labour MP is part memoir, part rallying cry – but it feels a bit rushed and too familiar
The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2024 Let’s Be Honest by Jess Phillips review – the case for democracy Mixing memoir and polemic, exasperation and enthusiasm, the Labour MP offers a candid account of clickbait politics and Tory misrule
The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2024 Nigel Farage condemned for response to Southport stabbings as Reform MP accused of ‘inciting a riot’ The husband of murdered MP Jo Cox has accused the Reform leader of ‘peddling conspiracy theories’ over the tragedy that left three children dead
The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2024 As an MP, I’ve intervened in environments that would make the toughest men cry. By most standards I am nails An exclusive extract from Jess Phillips’ latest book
The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2024 ‘Constant abuse’: three UK candidates on their election 2024 experience Home secretary, Yvette Cooper, conducting review after ‘alarming rise in intimidation’ during campaign
The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2024 ‘I’ve got a massive ego!’: Jess Phillips on feminism, Farage and being an attention-seeker She’s had death threats, seen her friend and fellow MP murdered, and has just survived a bruising election campaign. So what drives her?
The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2024 Ministers urged to act over physical and online intimidation in UK election MPs and candidates who faced abuse discuss polling station buffer zones and action to tackle social media
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2024 Tackling misogyny in UK schools could take up to 20 years, says Jess Phillips Exclusive: Safeguarding minister outlines measures to protect women and girls, including plans for ‘Raneem’s law’
The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2024 Lawlessness ‘characterises’ pornography online, says MP in plea to reform laws Laws which govern pimping and pornography are a “fudge”, Tonia Antoniazzi told the Commons
The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2024 Commons speaker says threats and abuse against MPs worst he has seen Lindsay Hoyle tells BBC that level of intimidation is his main worry and ‘is much greater than anybody can imagine’