Jess Phillips responds to latest ONS figures on domestic abuse
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Jess Phillips, Labour's Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence
and Safeguarding, commenting on ONS stats revealing that police
recorded domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes doubled in the
last five years, but the number of prosecutions has fallen every
year over the same period, said: “Staggeringly, this Government has
overseen yet another rise in the number of victims experiencing
domestic abuse. Police recorded cases have doubled in the last five
years and yet...Request free trial
Jess Phillips, Labour's Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding, commenting on ONS stats revealing that police recorded domestic abuse-related incidents and crimes doubled in the last five years, but the number of prosecutions has fallen every year over the same period, said:
“Staggeringly, this Government has overseen yet another rise in
the number of victims experiencing domestic abuse. Police
recorded cases have doubled in the last five years and yet
prosecutions for this crime continue to plummet. We are seeing
women and girls being failed at every step of their journey by
this government. “The Government must stop making excuses and immediately implement the measures in Labour's Violence Against Women and Girls Green Paper including making misogyny a hate crime, increasing the minimum sentence for rape and stalking, and introduce a new law on street harassment - as well as implementing the urgent recommendations of the recent HMICFRS inspection.” Ends
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