Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood plans to ‘use full power of the state’ to curb rise in targeted attacks using websites

Convicted sex offenders will be forced to notify police with the details of any dating app and social media accounts or face up to five years in jail, under plans announced by Shabana Mahmood.

In a move intended to help curb the explosion in targeted attacks using websites, the home secretary said “the full power of the state” would be used to bear down on online abusers.

Exclusive: As Labour ministers prepare long awaited strategy, campaigners accuse them of sidelining experts

Leading organisations have criticised the development of the government’s flagship violence against women and girls strategy, calling the process chaotic, haphazard and “worse than under the Tories”.

Ministers are gearing up for a policy announcement blitz before the publication of the long-awaited plan next week.