Labour was accused of running a futile ‘talking shop’ on women’s safety on Sunday after a minister claimed that ‘all’ women in society are ‘unsafe’.
Bridget Phillipson was under fire on Sunday for her response to fears from female villagers about living near proposed housing for more than 1,000 asylum seekers – after Labour issued ‘pointless’ anti-rape pamphlets to migrants last month.
The women and equalities minister made the extraordinary statement as she was asked about an open letter from a group of 133 women in Piddington, warning: ‘We will not feel safe walking our streets.
We are already living in fear,’ after
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