Healey to promise £15m to tackle misogyny in Budget

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Chancellor John Healey plans to allocate £15 million over three years to a new misogyny prevention fund, aimed at supporting initiatives like mentoring and workplace training. The fund, announced ahead of Healey’s first Budget, is part of efforts to improve women and girls’ safety by addressing incidents such as sexist slurs and discrimination. Women and Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson said the funding would help combat misogyny in various settings, including schools and workplaces. Conservative shadow minister Joy Morrissey criticized the fund, calling it a waste of public money that won't make women feel safer.
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Chancellor John Healey pledged £15m in his first Budget on October 27, 2026, to establish a "misogyny prevention fund" aimed at reducing sexism and workplace discrimination. The funding will be distributed over three years to initiatives such as mentoring for young people, workplace training, and communications campaigns focusing on women's safety. Women and Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson stated that daily incidents of misogyny have no place in modern Britain and called the funding a critical step towards ending it. However, Conservative shadow minister Joy Morrissey criticized the fund as a waste of public money, questioning its effectiveness in making women feel safer.

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🔮 The government said the money will be provided over three years to schemes such as mentoring for young people, workplace training and communications campaigns designed to improve women and girls' safety.
2026-10-27 · assertive framing · Healey to promise £15m to tackle misogyny in Budget
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Healey said the money will support "practical action to tackle misogyny head-on" and he hopes it will attract additional funding from businesses and philanthropists to increase its reach. Phillipson said daily incidents of misogyny, including sexist slurs and workplace discrimination, have "no place in modern Britain". She said: "This funding is a critical step as we work to confine misogyny to the history books, where it belongs."
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🔮 The government said the money will be provided over three years to schemes such as mentoring for young people, workplace training and communications campaigns designed to improve women and girls' safety.
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Healey to promise £15m to tackle misogyny in Budget · assertive framing

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- Published Chancellor John Healey has pledged to give £15m to a fund established to tackle misogyny in schools, at work and in communities. asserted
Healey → publish → communities
The government said the money will be provided over three years to schemes such as mentoring for young people, workplace training and communications campaigns designed to improve women and girls' safety. asserted
money → say → safety
Speaking on the eve of his first Budget, Healey said: "Every woman and girl deserves to feel safe, respected and able to pursue their ambitions - at school, at work and in their communities." But Conservative shadow women and equalities minister Joy Morrissey said "not a single woman and girl is going to feel safer with this total waste of public money". asserted
woman → speak → money
The "misogyny prevention fund" is expected to be confirmed in the Budget and is intended to support the work of a national taskforce established last month, external and chaired by Women and Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson. asserted
fund → expect → Phillipson
Healey said the money will support "practical action to tackle misogyny head-on" and he hopes it will attract additional funding from businesses and philanthropists to increase its reach. Phillipson said daily incidents of misogyny, including sexist slurs and workplace discrimination, have "no place in modern Britain". She said: "This funding is a critical step as we work to confine misogyny to the history books, where it belongs." asserted
it → say → books
Phillipson added that "everyone, from big business to members of the public, can do their bit to stamp out misogyny and improve the lives of women and girls everywhere". asserted
everyone → add → women
When launching the taskforce chaired by Phillipson, the government said last month that it would aim to ensure government policy is "shaped by those most affected by misogyny". asserted
policy → launch → misogyny
It added its first meeting would focus on young people and later look at "workplaces, digital spaces and social cohesion". asserted
meeting → add → workplaces
Statistics published by the Office for National Statistics this month showed an estimated 12.8% of females aged 16 and over in England and Wales - around 3.2m - experienced at least one of domestic abuse, sexual victimisation or stalking in the year to March 2026. asserted
% → publish → March
The figure was an estimated 8.9% for males - around 2.1m. For the Conservatives, Morrissey cited the estimates for women and girls as she criticised the announcement. asserted
she → estimate → announcement
She said: "Labour simply aren't serious about tackling the crisis of violence against women and girls. " asserted
Labour → say → women
This week it seems they will get the hard-pressed British taxpayer to fork out £15m to fund projects to tackle the 'manosphere'." asserted
taxpayer → seem → manosphere
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