Badenoch accused of making ‘deeply inaccurate’ claims about violence against women

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Source: theguardian.com
Badenoch accused of making ‘deeply inaccurate’ claims about violence against women

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Kemi Badenoch has been accused of weaponising violence against women and girls and using “dangerous” and “deeply inaccurate” claims in her response to the government’s plan to tackle the issue.

On Thursday, the safeguarding minister, Jess Phillips, introduced the government’s long-awaited strategy to tackle “the national emergency” of violence against women and girls in the House of Commons, saying it did something “that none before it ever has” by making tackling it a priority across local and national government, the criminal justice system and the voluntary sector.

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