Home Office rejects dedicated funding for domestic homicide reviews, sparking commissioner's concern
By
Geraldine McKelvie
Crisp on the outside, thoughtful on the inside. A keeper.
Summary
The Home Office has rejected a proposal to allocate dedicated government funding for domestic homicide reviews (DHRs) in England and Wales. Domestic abuse commissioner Nicole Jacobs expressed deep concern, stating local authorities lack direct resources to carry out these reviews and urging officials to be "braver and bolder." The government acknowledged improvements are needed but declined to provide specific guidance on how local authority funding should be spent, leaving councils struggling to fund the reviews.
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Urged officials to be 'braver and bolder' in their decision making
The government said it was unable to provide 'specific guidance' on how local authority funding should be spent
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