It is a statement both welcome and one that raises the question of how it could not already be the case. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has today vowed that a Labour government would treat violence against women as a “national emergency”, pledging an overhaul of the way in which such violent crimes are policed.
Combating violence against women and girls lies at the heart of the Standard’s Show Respect campaign, which is funding workshops about healthy relationships in schools, starting with £500,000 from the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund.
