Government inaction is failing survivors of rape and sexual assault. Urgent improvements to whole justice system needed
New figures today on sexual offences in England and Wales show that 80% of victims of sexual assault in 2019-20 were women.

New figures today on sexual offences in England and Wales show that 80% of victims of sexual assault in 2019-20 were women.
A new National Audit Office report has found that the Department for Education's response to the pandemic could have been done better and more quickly.
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill passed the Second Reading tonight in Parliament. Liberal Democrats Home Affairs spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said:
"The Government's Integrated Review is not strategic, not integrated, and not a proper review. Rather, it is full of retreat and broken promises," said Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson Jamie…
A group of cross-party MPs led by Wera Hobhouse MP, Liberal Democrats Spokesperson for Women and Equalities, has written to the Prime Minister to express their concerns about the safety of women and…
Liberal Democrats MP Wendy Chamberlain has called on the Government to pass the Domestic Abuse Bill and make misogyny a hate crime.
Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show UK goods exports to the European Union fell by 40.7% and the UK economy has shrunk by 2.9%.
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Sarah Olney, Liberal Democrats MP for Richmond Park, has today held a Westminster Hall debate on the mental health of mothers during the perinatal period, with a specific focus on the extent to which…
Liberal Democrats have welcomed the key protections being introduced today in the landmark Domestic Abuse Bill that would extend the crime of revenge porn to include threats to share intimate images,…