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MPs Slam Delayed Violence Strategy Amid Election Talks

12/11/2025

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MPs Demand Action

Senior MPs criticized the government's delays in publishing its strategy to combat violence against women and girls.
The strategy was due in spring and has been postponed three times, creating funding uncertainty.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted a dinner for NDA MPs to discuss Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Assam.
The meeting aimed to enhance coordination and set legislative priorities for the winter Parliament session.

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MPs Critique U.S. Strategy

Labour MP Matt Western criticized the U.S. national security strategy as echoing 1930s extreme-right ideologies.
Seema Malhotra, Foreign Office minister, defended the UK's relationship with the U.S. while noting differences over European strength and multiculturalism.
Liberal Democrat MP Bobby Dean condemned the strategy as rooted in racist ideology.
The U.S. document criticized European policies on migration and free speech.
U.S. President Donald Trump said European leaders are weak and politically correct.

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MPs Demand Action

Senior MPs criticized the government's delays in publishing its strategy to combat violence against women and girls.
The strategy was due in spring and has been postponed three times, creating funding uncertainty.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted a dinner for NDA MPs to discuss Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Assam.
The meeting aimed to enhance coordination and set legislative priorities for the winter Parliament session.

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