Domestic Abuse Plan launched by UK government

the Domestic Abuse Plan (formerly DA Strategy) was published by the Home Office this week.  It contains a strand on ‘pursuing perpetrators’ which fulfils the government’s commitment to a perpetrator strategy.  The Drive Partnership have posted a statement on the Plan here. Home Office have published their VAWG National Statement of Expectations and VAWG Services Commissioning toolkit.  MOPAC …

Lords speech by Baroness Newlove highlights the cost of domestic violence

Baroness Newlove (the former Victim’s commissioner) gave a speech in the House of Lords earlier this summer focusing on domestic violence. She highlighted the British Crime Survey results indicating  ‘2 million people were victims of domestic abuse, with women twice as likely to be victims as men’. Her speech further focused upon the estimated annual …