The Suzy Lamplugh Trust welcomes the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s (NPCC) report detailing the progress made by police forces in implementing the stalking super complaint recommendations but remains concerned about the disparity of force implementation. We are also disappointed that not all forces responded to every element of each recommendation and that there is a […]

This report is an overview of the findings and detailed proposals for the national rollout of an oversight mechanism for domestic homicide reviews. ‘Learning from loss: ensuring the lessons from domestic homicide reviews lead to change’ is a report from the Domestic Abuse Commissioner. The report: provides an overview of the domestic homicide review process […]

This report is an overview of the findings and detailed proposals for the national rollout of an oversight mechanism for domestic homicide reviews. ‘Learning from loss: ensuring the lessons from domestic homicide reviews lead to change’ is a report from the Domestic Abuse Commissioner. The report: provides an overview of the domestic homicide review process […]

Minister for Women and Equalities Bridget Phillipson has confirmed that Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson will be appointed as the new Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson confirmed as new Chair for Equality and Human Right Commission Dr Stephenson will begin on 1 December 2025, after current chair Baroness Falkner’s term […]

The Committee is following up its previous work on women’s reproductive health, with a focus on better meeting the needs of girls and young women. It is assessing progress in diagnoses, treatments and pain management of conditions including endometriosis, adenomyosis and heavy menstrual bleeding. This inquiry is currently accepting evidence The committee wants to hear […]

Practical advice to help victims of cyber-enabled domestic abuse, stalking and harassment, including control, coercion, threatening behaviour, or violence. Working in partnership with charities, law enforcement, and independent domestic violence advisors, the NCSC offers bespoke guidance to support practitioners working with victims of technology-facilitated domestic abuse, stalking & harassment. Technology-facilitated domestic abuse relates to the […]

Tech firms must introduce age checks to prevent children from accessing porn, self-harm, suicide and eating disorder content Bluesky, Discord, Grindr, Reddit and X among latest firms to commit to age-gating, while Ofcom lines up targets for enforcement Sites and apps where children spend most time must make their feeds safer Sites and apps which […]

The Government has asked the Law Commission to examine the trial process and to consider the law, guidance and practice relating to the use of evidence in prosecutions of sexual offences. After analysing consultation responses and feedback we received at consultation events and meetings, we published a final report with recommendations to the Government for […]

Conclusions and best practice observations The findings from the evaluation have generated these insights: MHCLG should encourage LAs to ensure they are enabling direct engagement with survivors (and indirectly with children) to inform all stages of Part 4 implementation. LAs should implement transparent commissioning processes that are accessible to all organisations including smaller specialist providers […]

Perpetrator interventions play a vital role in keeping victims safe from further harm. Whilst we welcome resourcing to address this area of work, the Home Office’s announcement has led to some serious concerns. It is paramount that specialist interventions for all types of violence against women and girls (VAWG) crimes are equally resourced. Data from […]