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PM warned more funding needed to tackle violence against women
- Senior police chiefs Sir Mark Rowley, Gavin Stephens, and Graeme Biggar warned Prime Minister Keir Starmer about funding cuts ahead of the upcoming spending review in 2025.
- This warning came after austerity measures led to a reduction of police officers by tens of thousands from 2010 to 2016, during a period when talks between the Home Office and Treasury were reportedly not progressing well.
- The chiefs highlighted that victim support services face severe pressure due to funding cuts and rising costs, risking frontline policing capacity and investigative priorities.
- They recognized the Prime Minister’s pledge to reduce violence against women and girls by 50% over the next ten years but cautioned that this goal may not be achievable without substantial financial support.
- The chiefs cautioned that the spending review must avoid funding retrenchment and deliver bold investment; otherwise, difficult decisions on crime prioritization and systemic reforms will be unavoidable.
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Violence against women and girls in Dorset, United Kingdom: an epidemiological study of perpetrators and locations based on police records
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) continues to be a prevalent phenomenon, yet where it is more likely to occur in the public domain and how offenders assault victims remain understudied areas of interest. This analysis is based on police records on VAWG from Dorset, United Kingdom (UK), using descriptive and spatial statistical methods alongside k-means longitudinal clustering. The spatial analysis uses hexagonal tessellations with a maxim…
Halving violence against women and girls will require more cash, watchdogs say
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Police will not have to pick and choose which crimes to investigate, says Reeves
Senior police chiefs have written to the PM warning they will be forced to make difficult choices if spending cuts are announced next week. Police will not have to make choices about which crimes they investigate following the Government’s spending review, Rachel Reeves has signalled. Senior police chiefs and Government watchdogs have written to the Prime Minister warning they will be forced to make difficult choices if spending cuts are announc…
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