Responding to the joint letter despatched to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, by Dame Nicole Jacobs, the Home Abuse Commissioner, and Baroness Newlove, the Victims Commissioner, Ellie Butt, Head of Coverage, Public Affairs and Analysis at Refuge, mentioned:
“Refuge welcomes the joint intervention by the Home Abuse Commissioner and Victims Commissioner, in addition to the warnings issued by senior police leaders. Their messages are clear: with out pressing and sustained funding, the federal government dangers failing in its dedication to halve violence in opposition to ladies and ladies.
“As with others within the sector, Refuge’s frontline providers – together with refuges, helplines and community-based help – are underneath immense and rising strain. We’re supporting ladies and kids with more and more advanced wants, all inside a fragile and unsure funding panorama. Companies are doing every thing they’ll, however they can not do extra with much less.
“We echo the commissioners’ name: this spending evaluation is a essential second to outline the federal government’s legacy on tackling home abuse. Phrases of dedication have to be matched by daring and bold funding – something much less will price lives.”
