Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding, has announced new measures that will give victims of stalking greater protection.

Phillips announced the proposals on 3 December. Unveiling the new ‘right to know’ statutory guidelines, Phillips detailed how victims of stalking will be given the right to know the identity of their stalker, especially if this is an online stalker, at the earliest possible opportunity. Speaking of the new proposals, Phillips said: “As a victim of stalking myself, I know just how terrifying it can be to be subject to such controlling behaviour.”

To create the new proposals, the government worked with actor, broadcaster and activist Nicola Thorp, whose stalker is currently serving a 30-month prison sentence. “For too long, stalking victims have been at the mercy not only of their stalker, but a justice system that failed to protect them,” said Thorp. “These new measures will empower victims to regain some much-needed control of their lives and police to bring abusers to justice.”

Jess Phillips announces new measures to help give stalking victims more protection