Websites trafficking child abuse images see sharp increase in a year, report warns IN FULL The Independent UK · Apr 23
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 · Apr 22
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 · Apr 21
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 · Mar 31
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 · Mar 18
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 · Mar 17
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 · Mar 12
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 · Mar 11
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 · Mar 11
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 · Mar 10
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 · Feb 26
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 The Guardian - UK · Feb 15
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 · Feb 15
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 The Independent UK · Feb 15
Marie Claire · Feb 12 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 · Jan 28 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 · Jan 22 ‘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
The Independent UK · Jan 8 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 · Dec 31, 2025 ‘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 · Dec 21, 2025 ‘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 · Dec 18, 2025 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 · Dec 18, 2025 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 · Dec 18, 2025 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
Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2025 Crackdown on deepfake abuse part of strategy to tackle violence against women Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips announced the move as she set out the Government’s Vawg strategy.