The Briefing concludes that, while reforms are ongoing, the handling of domestic abuse allegations in child arrangements proceedings remains one of the most closely scrutinised aspects of the family ...

Employers are recommended to have a domestic abuse policy in place and implement procedures to recognise, respond to and support victims of domestic abuse in the workplace. Employer obligations in ...

A call has been made to stop delaying protections for people at risk of domestic abuse in Scotland. The Scottish Liberal Democrat deputy leader and former police officer, Wendy Chamberlain, MP, has ...

Wendy Chamberlain said the figures gave a "terrifying" sense of the scale of the issue, as she urged the Scottish Government to act.

Reviewing the age limit in the Domestic Abuse Act after Holly Newton's murder will conclude in 2026, Parliament has heard. The case of Holly Newton was raised at Westminster by the Bishop of Newcastle ...

Domestic abuse remains widespread: the Crime Survey for England and Wales estimates that 2.3mn adults (1.6mn women; 712,000 men) experienced domestic abuse in the year ending March 2024.