The Government has announced £76m of funding to support victims of domestic and sexual abuse after a spike in reports during the coroanvirus lockdown.
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced new funding at today's Covid-19 press conference at Downing Street and said the money would be used to "support the most vulnerable in society during the pandemic".
Announcing that victims of domestic violence will get priority access to local housing, Mr Jenrick said: "For some in our society these measures involve sacrifices that none of us would wish anyone to bear. "For victims of domestic abuse it means being trapped in a nightmare. "The true evil of domestic abuse is that it leaves vulnerable people including children living in fear in the
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