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Coalition has turned its back on scale of domestic violence, says Yvette CooperSenior Labour MP says more needs to be done about fact that two women a week are killed by their partners or ex-partnersThe shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has accused the government of turning its back on the scale of domestic violence in the UK, saying there would be a national outcry if two people a week the number of women killed by their partners or ex-partners were murdered at football matches.The senior Labour MP will make a speech on Monday criticising the use of out-of-court settlements in thousands of cases involving domestic violence. ... ...read moreBy Rowena Mason Senior Labour MP says more needs to be done about fact that two women a week are killed by their partners or ex-partnersThe shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has accused the government of turning its back on the scale of domestic violence in the UK, saying there would be a national outcry if two people a week the number of women killed by their partners or ex-partners were murdered at football matches.The senior Labour MP will make a speech on Monday criticising the use of out-of-court settlements in thousands of cases involving domestic violence. ... ...read more Source: The Guardian ift.tt/1gB4pon
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:05:44 +0000

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