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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke and David Maddox

Only one in three women fleeing domestic abuse can be helped by refuges as services on ‘brink of collapse’

Only one in three women fleeing domestic abuse can be helped by refuges, the chief executive of Women’s Aid has said, warning that the sector’s services are on the brink of collapse.

Giving evidence to the Commons Public Accounts Committee, Farah Nazeer warned that she has seen more services close – or sit on the brink of closure – in the last 7 months than she has in the previous four years.

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