The challenges facing men and boys put in spotlight

Sir Keir Starmer has announced that his Government will hold a national summit on the challenges facing men and boys next year.

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The Prime Minister told an International Men's Day reception this week at 10 Downing Street that issues such as men's mental health and online misogyny "demand a national response".

And he said he was tasking Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy and victims minister Alex Davies-Jones with leading the Government's efforts to tackle problems facing men.

He said: "It has to be a whole-of-society effort.

And so we can understand these issues more deeply, we are going to bring people together for a national summit on men and boys next year."

Labour's manifesto committed the party to halving violence against women and girls in a decade, and Mr Lammy said men and boys "have to be part of this conversation".

He said: "We need to show them that real strength is respect, not control. It's standing up for others, not against them. It means listening, not shouting. Protecting, not harming.