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Domestic Violence charity’s plea for support dismissed by government despite surge in demand
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mirror.co.ukDomestic abuse charities say calls for government support for victims has been met with silence, despite a dramatic surge in demand for their services since the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown.
At least 16 women have been killed in the UK as victims of domestic abuse since lockdown began on March 23rd, according to calculations by Counting Dead Women.
The site is run by Karen Ingala Smith, and it records the killings of women by men in the UK. In the same period over the last ten years the average number of women killed in domestic violence situations is five.
Her figures are taken from confirmed deaths in media reports, and has been used by Dame Vera Baird QC, the victims’ commissioner for England and Wales, in a remote session
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