Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley
Birmingham, England
Joined February 2009
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Jess Phillips retweeted
In response to the #StalkingSuperComplaint findings, the @ukhomeoffice announced much needed measures to help victims of stalking (shorturl.at/2rNsD)❗️
We were happy to welcome @jessphillips to our office to see the work that we do.
Jess Phillips retweeted
We were delighted to host @jessphillips, Safeguarding Minister from the Home Office, at Missing People last week.
Jess met with the team who deliver our vital helpline and family support services, as well as people with lived experience of being missing or having a loved one missing.
It's brilliant to have a Minister who's got experience of working with missing people, and who really understands the challenges they face.
Please support the Mirrors Christmas appeal
‘Imagine you wake up on Christmas Day not knowing where one of your family is’
I spoke to @jessphillips about our Christmas Appeal for the amazing charity, Missing People 👇
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Jess Phillips retweeted
We had the honor of welcoming MP Jess Phillips to congratulate the newly elected class MPs. One of the first actions from their manifestos is to improve recycling within the school!
Thank you to @JessPhillips and @UKParlEducation for supporting our #youngleaders of tomorrow!
Jess Phillips retweeted
I was incredibly proud to speak Bethany Rae Fields' name at Prime Minister’s questions today in Parliament.
Bethany was murdered outside her workplace in 2019 by her ex-partner. Bethany approached the police multiple times before her murder and this brutal killing should never have happened. Her Mum, Pauline, and her entire family, show incredible strength as they campaign to create a lasting legacy in her name.
Pauline's campaign aims for Bethany’s initials BRF—"Believe, React, Fast"—to become a standard approach for authorities in handling stalking and abuse cases, shaping related policy, legislation, and guidance.
I’m proud to back her campaign and I was delighted to sit down with Pauline and the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girl, Jess Phillips, to discuss this heartbreaking case.
As the Prime Minister said in response to my question today, the Government is committed to halving violence against women and girls. I’m encouraged by new steps to improve support for victims, including embedding domestic abuse experts in 999 control rooms.
There’s more to do, and I look forward to continued government reforms on this critical issue.
Jess Phillips retweeted
“I just want to do something about this”
Queen Camilla’s words in a new @ITV documentary on her efforts to combat violence against women and girls.
Jess Phillips retweeted
The Home Office’s treatment of the Windrush generation shamed our country. We will make sure the voices of the Windrush community are heard and systemic changes are made.
It is time for a fundamental re-set. It is time to right the wrongs of Windrush.
My piece in the @DailyMirror
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Cracking on trying to make things work again. Pretty pleased along with @YvetteCooperMP and the Home Office team that we are just trying our best in difficult circumstances to just crack on. theguardian.com/world/2024/o…
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Margaret Thatcher famously encountered this sort of nonsense at her selection meetings…in the late 1950s.
NEW: Conservative MP Sir Christopher Chope says Kemi Badenoch is “preoccupied with her children” and “you can't spend all your time with your family at the same time as being leader of the opposition”.
He was speaking on this month's @itvmeridian The Last Word. @itvnewspolitics
Christopher Chope is not a serious person. No one should be surprised by stupidity it's a regular occurrence. Luckily he's as influential as an empty space.
Jess Phillips retweeted
Kemi Badenoch has three children. Her youngest child is 5, her oldest is 11.
Robert Jenrick has three children. His youngest child is 8, his oldest is 12.
But obviously her situation is totally different from his and makes her too ditzy and distracted to be party leader 🤷♀️
Christopher Chope accuses critics of "mischief-making" and stands by what he said about Kemi Badenoch.
He tells @TimesRadio: "I repeat the point which I was making before, and that is that Kemi has got a young family and so it's less likely that she's going to be able to spend as much time as is required as somebody who hasn't got the commitments of a young family. Now, that's not suggesting she's unsuited or anything like that to be the leader of the opposition. And I just think there's a lot of mischief-making going on here.
"All I'm saying is that one of the candidates has got a younger family than the other one. And has also got a record of wanting to spend more time with her family than engage in going to far-flung constituencies."
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Jess Phillips retweeted
I wrote about the new Cafcass guidance to better protect victims of domestic abuse. The new policy says domestic abuse should not be downplayed as “historical”, nor should a person’s reports of abuse be described as “claims” or “allegations”. Read more 👉 shorturl.at/Gw7lF
This woman deserves the Nobel peace prize. I will never not be bowled over by the courage she has shown, the resilience, the strength to use her pain to highlight the plight of so many other women.
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"Kemi is the candidate, in my view, that Labour fears the most."
@SophyRidgeSky and Conservative @griffitha discuss the dramatic change in votes which meant James Cleverly was kicked out of the Tory leadership race.
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📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
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No woman should ever face harassment or intimidation for going to a healthcare appointment.
Nearly ten years ago in Opposition, I called on the Government to introduce buffer zones round abortion clinics.
Now in Government we are acting. On 31 October, it will become the law.
Jess Phillips retweeted
After numerous false dawns, safe access zones finally becoming reality within next month.
Ealing introduced first ever one and has led the way. Women up and down the country will now have same protections
"This is about the rights of vulnerable women seeking access to healthcare in safety, anonymity, and dignity"
Labour's Rupa Huq is proposing a bill to ban demonstrations outside abortion clinics
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Jess Phillips retweeted
📢 Protection zones around abortion clinics to be in force throughout the country to protect women from intimidation and harassment.
From 31 October, attempts to influence the decisions of abortion service users or employees within a 150m radius of a clinic will become illegal.
Jess Phillips retweeted
We're delighted with today's announcement from @ukhomeoffice that safe access zones around abortion clinics will be brought into force next month. Our staff and patients deserve the protection of the law. Nobody deserves to be harassed when accessing medical care. #BackOff
Jess Phillips retweeted
1/A convicted rapist described as a 'danger to women and children' has had his parental responsibility revoked. Kristoffer White was previously permitted contact with his daughter but her mother made an appeal. My report on the final hearing for @TBIJ tinyurl.com/4w24h8zp
