Police use new detection technology to crack down on vape spiking The Met received more than 2,000 allegations of spiking between March 2024 and March 2025. Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025
Labour MPs must gain 80 nominations by Thursday to stand for deputy leader Potential candidates need backing of at least 20% of parliamentary party, as Shabana Mahmood rules herself out The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2025
Senior Labour figures tell Keir Starmer to stop making mistakes Prime minister faces criticism from Emily Thornberry, who highlights risk of ‘handing country to Farage’ The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2025
Ministers accused of making ‘almost no progress’ on grooming gangs inquiry Home Office minister Jess Phillips told MPs the appointment process was in its ‘final stages’. Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025
Four in ten women killed by male partner had tried to leave, femicide data shows Too many men are left at ‘liberty to harm, rape and kill’ after 122 women were killed in a year, report finds The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025
Domestic violence screening tool should be replaced, Jess Phillips says Safeguarding minister says tool used to decide which domestic abuse victims get support doesn’t work The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2025
Domestic violence screening tool doesn’t work, minister admits Ms Phillips said she was reviewing the entire system used to support victims The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025
Domestic violence screening tool has ‘obvious’ problems, says Jess Phillips Ms Phillips said she was reviewing the entire system used to support victims. Evening Standard · Aug 26, 2025
Jess Phillips hits out at councils in denial about grooming gangs IN FULL The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2025
Jess Phillips slams ‘idiot’ councils for denying grooming gang threat Jess Phillips has condemned “idiot” councils that believe there is no grooming gangs problem, before asserting that Elon Musk did not influence the decision to hold a national inquiry. The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2025
Labour accused of using Jimmy Savile’s name to ‘bait’ Nigel Farage Lawyer for abuse survivors criticises ministers for using late TV presenter’s ‘toxic’ name for political point scoring The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2025
Jimmy Savile’s name being used for ‘disturbing’ political point scoring, says lawyer for victims Alan Collins said that he doubted ‘any online legislation would interfere with the criminal activities of a latter-day Savile’ The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025
Police to use AI technology to investigate grooming gangs The technology has been used 12,500 times, saving more than £20 million and 16,000 hours for investigators The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2025
Phillips hits out at Farage over children’s safety online Jess Phillips, the Home Office minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls, condemned the Reform leader. Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2025
The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2025 Jess Phillips: Nigel Farage would enable ‘modern day Jimmy Saviles’ The Home Office minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls condemned the Reform leader
The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2025 Jess Phillips slams UK’s reliance on women’s charity as ‘sexist’ IN FULL
The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2025 UK has got ‘fat’ on decades of free labour by women, says MP Jess Phillips Minister points to ‘sexist’ practice of country relying on women to provide services so government did not have to
The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2025 UK has got ‘fat’ on decades of women’s unpaid labour – Jess Phillips She says the country has depended on women’s charity rather than providing services itself
Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2025 UK has got fat on the free labour of women, says Jess Phillips The minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls said the country has been reliant on the charity of women for years.
The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2025 Preventing violence against women and girls must remain a priority THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Our second refuge – built thanks to the generosity of our readers – is complete. But far more work is needed to tackle the scourge of domestic abuse
The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025 Jess Phillips says MPs should expect fallout for ‘slagging off own government’ IN FULL
Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025 Trees seem to matter more than women in criminal justice system, says Jess Phillips after Sycamore Two jailed She criticised how some sex offenders avoid prison when the two men who felled the Sycamore Gap tree were jailed for four years and three months
The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025 Jess Phillips agrees the economy ‘isn’t going well’ and it will take time before people feel ‘less skint’ The Home Office minister said the latest rise in unemployment figures were ‘disappointing’
The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025 Labour minister Jess Phillips says rebel MPs right to be punished for ‘slagging off own government’ Comes as Keir Starmer’s attempt to impose discipline on party faces fresh challenge from Diane Abbott