The police, crime, sentencing and courts bill could have been a watershed moment. But it doesn’t mention the word ‘woman’

  • Nick Thomas-Symonds is the shadow home secretary

“She was walking home.” A sentence so commonplace, it should pass without remark. Yet, following the tragic death of Sarah Everard, it is resonating with women across the country.

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