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Victims and survivors of domestic abuse will be better protected as new measures come into force today (Monday 5 October), which require courts to make a formal record when domestic abuse was a factor in offending.
Thousands of victim-survivors across Cambridgeshire will benefit from £4.4 million in Government funding, providing mentoring, counselling and other support services over the next two years.
Speech by Alex Davies-Jones MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Victims, Violence Against Women and Girls and International Justice.
Funding will help victim-survivors of all types of crime including domestic abuse and sexual violence
Rape Crisis England & Wales awarded £8.7m government funding to provide round-the-clock confidential support for survivors and victims of sexual violence
Urgent work to take place to protect bereaved families.
Minister for Victims and Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls, Alex Davies-Jones visits Ukraine to address the United for Justice Conference.
First published during the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government
Minister for Victims and Violence Against Women and Girls, Alex Davies-Jones MP addresses the United for Justice Conference in Kyiv.
Victims and Courts Bill receives Royal Assent to become law.
Possessing or publishing pornography depicting incest or adults pretending to be children to be criminalised and tech execs could be held liable.
Victims and bereaved families will get longer to challenge sentences they don't feel fit the crime they've suffered
Rape victims will have access to dedicated legal advice throughout the criminal justice process, while new project will look at shifting the focus of rape court cases from the victim to the perpetrator.
New law requires tech platforms to take down non-consensual intimate images within 48 hours or face fines.
Government will work with children to create the first ever child-friendly version of the Victims' Code
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy will focus on healthy relationships and consent, and tackle relationship abuse through a new helpline.
The full power of the state will be deployed in the largest crackdown on violence against women and girls (VAWG) in British history, as part of a new strategy.
Rape victims will receive better support and fairer trials under new government reforms to stamp out rape myths and restore faith in the justice system.
More than 1,000 victims have been protected through first-of-its-kind domestic abuse protection orders since their roll out in November 2024.
Protection for women and girls boosted with new amendments on online abuse and pornography tabled to the Crime & Policing Bill
Victims and direct witnesses of crime who sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) will no longer be gagged from speaking out under new plans (Monday 20 October).
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