The Home Office's response to the "serious and growing problem" of violence against women and girls (VAWG) has been ineffective, the UK's spending watchdog has said. In a report published on Friday, ...

Violence against women and girls in England and Wales has reached “epidemic levels,” UK police have warned, saying forces should prioritize their response to the issue in the same way as they do ...

Our first-ever woman chancellor Rachel Reeves promised no return to austerity, and a budget that delivered for women. Meanwhile, just a few months ago, the annual policing statement from the National ...

Violence against women and girls accounts for at least 15.8% of all recorded crime in what has been described as an “epidemic”. The first national threat assessment of violence against women and girls ...

New figures have revealed around one in 10 people aged 16 and over in England and Wales were victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking in the year to March. It found that some 10.6 per ...

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) related crime rose by almost 40% between 2018 and 2023, to "staggering" levels amounting to a "national emergency", according to a leading female police chief.

14:45, Fri, May 19, 2023 Updated: 14:51, Fri, May 19, 2023 Analysis by the National Police Chiefs' Council found 117 of these crimes are recorded every hour - around two per minute. At least 507,827 ...

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