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Rachael Burford

Violence against women and girls 'will be treated as national emergency' under Labour

Violence against women will be treated as a “national emergency” if Labour wins power at the general election, the shadow home secretary vowed on Thursday.

Yvette Cooper has pledged an overhaul of the way violent crimes against women and girls are policed and said officers will be told to “relentlessly pursue dangerous perpetrators”.

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