domestic violence
Calls grow for ex-SNP MSP to quit over domestic abuse allegations
A former SNP MSP, Bill Walker, has sparked fury after announcing he intends to continue sitting as an independent MSP despite allegations of domestic violence.
Despite the rulings of regressive judges, UK is moving forwards on women’s safety
Vera Baird argues that despite the rulings of some regressive judges that infidelity can count as provocation, we're still moving forward when it comes to ensuring women's safety
Women turned away from refuge shelters told to sleep in Occupy camps
Vera Baird QC writes from the Commission on Women’s Safety, and reports that life is getting harder in coalition Britain for women in dangerous circumstances.
How domestic violence victims risk losing support because of the cuts
One of the ironies of austerity is that when the government does do something relatively progressive everything else they are up to subverts their good intentions.
Fat cats will continue to milk the legal aid budget – while the vulnerable suffer
Sound Off For Justice's Jonny Mulligan attacks the government's plans to reduce legal aid provision and therefore access to justice for the most vulnerable.
Two women a week die from domestic violence; legal aid cuts will see more
Jonny Mulligan of the Sound off for Justice campaign writes about the disastrous consequences of justice secretary Ken Clarke's cuts to legal aid.