Domestic abuse bill not enough to save ‘life-saving’ services, campaigners warn
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‘Women and children have nowhere to go so they are staying with their perpetrators or becoming homeless and destitute’.
By Maya Oppenheim, Women’s Correspondent
The domestic abuse bill announced by the government does not do enough to tackle cuts to ‘life-saving’ services which are pushing increasing numbers of domestic abuse victims into homelessness, campaigners have warned.
Boris Johnson’s first Queen’s Speech since becoming prime minister included a commitment to reintroducing the legislation, which was dropped because of his unlawful suspension of parliament last month.
The domestic abuse bill has been fiercely criticised by campaigners for not counteracting the cuts refuges for domestic abuse victims have endured in recent years.
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