Rewrite ‘victim-blaming’ drink-spiking campaign, UK civil servants told

Minister tells Labour conference delegates that Whitehall should focus on stopping perpetrators

Civil servants were told to rewrite a proposed social media campaign to combat drink-spiking after the original appeared to blame victims, a minister has told Labour conference delegates.

Alex Davies-Jones, the minister for violence against women and girls, suggested that Whitehall encouraged a culture of victim blaming" and should instead focus on stopping perpetrators.