Violence against women and girls is a “form of terrorism in our communities” and needs to be policed as such, Jess Phillips has said.
Phillips, the Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, said there needs to be a rigorous “database focused” approach on repeat offenders, who perpetrate 90% of the annual crimes against women.
Labour has made one of its five missions to halve violence against women and girls within 10 years, which the MP for Birmingham Yardley said this “fills me with great hope”.