Government rejects proposal to allocate funds for domestic homicide reviews

Domestic abuse commissioner ‘deeply concerned’ by move as councils in England and Wales struggle to fund reviews The Home Office has rejected a proposal to allocate government funds for reviews into domestic abuse-related deaths. Nicole Jacobs, the domestic abuse commissioner, said it was “deeply concerning” that local authorities in England and Wales would not receive direct resources to help them carry out domestic homicide reviews (DHRs) and urged officials to be “braver and bolder” in the...

By Geraldine McKelvie