Tag: Funding
Letter to the Deputy Prime Minister – Spending Review: urgent concerns regarding victim support services
Baroness Newlove has written to the Lord Chancellor, highlighting the funding crisis currently facing the victim services sector. Deepening since the Spending Review, the Victims' Commissioner now fears support for victims is slipping behind other priorities - directly impacting victims' safety.
PM warned he will miss target to halve violence against women without urgent investment
The Prime Minister has been warned he is on course to miss his own target of halving violence against women and girls, as vital support services are being “pushed to the brink” by funding cuts and soaring costs.
Victim services are the fabric of our justice system – they cannot be taken for granted
Victim support organisations were already warning of a funding crisis, with many struggling to deliver essential services to victims of crime. Now, the latest funding settlement risks pushing them to breaking point—and it is victims who will pay the price.