News Archives - Domestic Abuse Commissioner

Legislation needed to tackle police perpetrated abuse, says Commissioner

News / March 25, 2024 March 25, 2024

Part I of the Angiolini Inquiry, published last month, looked at the circumstances and failures that led to the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a police officer in 2021. Today the government has announced that it has accepted all the government-led recommendations made by Part I of the inquiry. The government accepted recommendations …

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Police abuse hotline is a start but forces must properly deal with complaints, says Commissioner

News / March 14, 2024 March 14, 2024

Today the Domestic Abuse Commissioner has responded to the announcement of a new national line to root out corruption and abuse within the police. The Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs, says: “There should be no place in the police force for perpetrators of domestic and sexual abuse. That victims will have somewhere independent to report …

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Domestic Abuse Commissioner responds to new report revealing the scale of domestic homicide and suicide

News / March 13, 2024 March 21, 2024

The Domestic Homicides and Suspected Victim Suicides 2022-2023 Report, released today, examining domestic abuse related deaths in England and Wales has shown the scale of domestic homicides, and for the first time has recorded an increase in suspected suicides by domestic abuse victims. The report examines all deaths identified by police as domestic abuse related to improve …

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Domestic Abuse Commissioner launches platform to raise voices of victims and survivors of domestic abuse

News / March 12, 2024 March 12, 2024

Today the Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs launches VOICES, a virtual platform for victims and survivors of domestic abuse to influence change to improve the lives of other victims and survivors of domestic abuse. From today, victims and survivors, as well as friends and family bereaved by domestic abuse, can sign up to receive the …

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Failure to take abuse seriously empowers police perpetrators, says Commissioner

News, Statement / February 29, 2024 February 29, 2024

The Angiolini Inquiry, an independent inquiry into how an off-duty Metropolitan police officer was able to abduct, rape and murder a member of the public, has published its Part I report findings today. The report is the first of three that will be published by Lady Elish Angiolini. In response to the report, the Domestic …

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Lifesaving domestic abuse services at risk from council financial crisis, warns Commissioner

News / February 27, 2024 March 1, 2024

Domestic abuse services are at risk of disappearing as the local authority financial crisis spirals out of control, says the Domestic Abuse Commissioner. Today Nicole Jacobs has written to Communities Secretary Michael Gove calling for urgent action to protect these lifesaving services. The safety of victims and survivors hangs in the balance, says the Commissioner. …

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Domestic Abuse Commissioner responds to Progress Report on safe accommodation duty

News / February 20, 2024 February 20, 2024

Today, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has published the Second Annual Progress Report of the National Expert Steering Group on Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021. The Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation National Expert Steering Group (NESG) was set up to monitor the delivery of the duty on local authorities to …

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Changes to migrant survivor support scheme don’t go far enough, says Domestic Abuse Commissioner

News / February 16, 2024 March 1, 2024

Today the government introduces significant changes to a scheme that supports migrant victims and survivors of domestic abuse who have no recourse to public funds. For over a decade, the Destitution Domestic Violence Concession (DDVC) has provided migrant survivors who have come to the UK on a spousal visa and have experienced domestic abuse with …

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Commissioner responds to new statutory aggravating factor for sexually violent homicides

News / February 14, 2024 February 14, 2024

The Ministry of Justice has today announced: Nicole Jacobs, the Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales says, “Domestic abuse and sexual violence are closely linked crimes. One in three rapes and sexual assaults are perpetrated by current and ex-partners, and victims of intimate partner rape and sexual violence face particular barriers in finding justice. …

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Fatal domestic abuse reviews renamed to better recognise suicide cases

News / February 5, 2024 February 21, 2024

The Home Office has made changes to reviews conducted after fatal domestic abuse, so that they better recognise often hidden victims of domestic abuse who die by suicide, coercive and controlling behaviour, and economic abuse. This means that a review can be commissioned whenever there is a death that has, or appears to have, resulted …

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