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The number of domestic violence killings in the UK has reached a five-year high. Last year there was 173 people who were killed in a domestic violence homicides, this is an increase of 32 deaths from 2017. The prime minister Boris Johnson tweeted on Thursday: “Domestic abuse shatters lives and tears families apart. We are…
A Scottish council has become the first in Europe to give “safe leave” to employees who have suffered domestic abuse. The South Ayrshire’s policy will offer up to 10 days of paid leave to let staff to seek help and support for themselves and their families. It was supported by 28 councilors in December and has now…
Domestic abuse victims will receive a wide range of new measures to protect them in what the ministers say will be a landmark legislation. New laws will for the first time create a legal definition of domestic abuse to include economic abuse and control. The long-awaited legislation will also ban abusers from cross-examining victims in…
Metropolitan Police Service has launched a video campaign to raise awareness of domestic abuse and encourages victims to seek help and support. The campaign coincides with 16 days of focused activity around domestic abuse which commenced on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (Sunday, 25 November). The two short videos feature scenarios…
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