Domestic abuse: Survivors condemn “re-traumatising” support system
Chris Lomas speaks to survivors, MPs, and experts in the sector, about why change is needed, and fast.
Government under fire over rape conviction record
Jess Phillips attacks the Home Office over it’s rape conviction record.
MPs debate domestic abuse bill
MPs in the House of Commons today debated amendments to the domestic abuse bill. While there were concerns that immigrants would be excluded from help provided by the bill, members from all sides praised the improvements made to the bill from its first draft. In her closing remarks Victoria Atkins, the under-secretary of state for […]
‘Dead women is a thing we’ve all just accepted’
There was a solemn mood in the commons yesterday as MPs debated International Women’s Day. Over 60 MPs spoke, including a moving speech from Jess Phillips who read the names of every woman killed in the UK in the past year where a man has been convicted or charged as the primary perpetrator. The […]
The amendment threatening to derail the domestic abuse bill
The push to recognise a dubious notion called “parental alienation”.
Covid creates pandemic of domestic abuse through financial control
Disturbing trend points to an underlying disaster, hidden beneath the headlines about financial help.
The domestic abuse bill that sacrifices migrant women
While there is much to praise in the landmark domestic abuse bll, the failure to protect migrant women allows abusers off the hook.
The domestic abuse survivors standing up for themselves
Advocates speak out as fears rise over treatment of women with insecure immigration status.
Lost in the covid emergency: Migrant women escaping domestic violence blocked from help
Forgotten and left behind – the women lost in the covid response
Broken system: Austerity sees domestic violence victims sent back to their abusers
Gret number of abuse victims unable to leave abusers because of a weak support system.
