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How to seek help when you need to escape a violent home

Refuge offers crucial guidance for all women who want to escape these conditions

The Independent UK

Colourful murals, new teddy bears and peace: What it’s like inside a domestic abuse refuge

‘At the point that somebody leaves that abusive relationship, they are at risk of being murdered,’ refuge manager tells Maya Oppenheim

The Independent UK

Police officers perpetrate shocking levels of domestic abuse with impunity, report finds

‘We trust police officers to keep us safe and the fact some are committing the terror of domestic abuse is appalling and completely unacceptable,’ MP Jess Phillips says

The Independent UK

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Male police officers accused of domestic abuse have been promoted, report says

Centre for Women’s Justice gathered testimony from more than 200 women alleging attacks by police officer partners

The Guardian - UK

Victoria Derbyshire: ‘My father beat me with a spoon, hit me with a belt, and threw scalding soup over me’

The BBC presenter recalls the harrowing ordeal her family endured as she backs The Independent’s Brick by Brick campaign to build a safe refuge for domestic abuse survivors

The Independent UK

Call for abolition of UK benefit cap as latest figures released

Data shows 123,000 households, containing 302,000 children, are trapped in poor housing and extreme poverty

The Guardian - UK

Shocking statistics show scale of domestic violence across country

The Independent has partnered with Refuge to build a safe, secure home for women fleeing abuse through the Brick by Brick campaign

The Independent UK

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Gaslighting, love bombing, coercive control – what do these terms of abuse mean?

Maya Oppenheim takes a look at three key turns of phrase to tackle misconceptions about domestic abuse

The Independent UK

‘Be a brick and buy a brick’: Joanna Lumley and Patrick Stewart lead support for The Independent’s campaign

A series of famous faces are supporting The Independent’s partnership with Refuge to build a safe, secure home for women fleeing abuse

The Independent UK

The Independent to start building refuge after anonymous £25,000 donation boosts Brick by Brick campaign

Individual donors have generously given more than £71,000 to The Independent’s campaign just days after it launched

The Independent UK

More than half of women fleeing domestic abuse turned away from safe refuge due to chronic shortages

Leading domestic abuse charity Refuge reveals it is making more homelessness referrals than ever

The Independent UK

Domestic abuse survivor: ‘It started with love bombing and ended with him holding me hostage’

After being held prisoner for a week in her flat, Esther finally escaped to her mother, who didn’t recognise her daughter when she opened the door

The Independent UK

The house The Independent built: why we’re launching a campaign to help victims of domestic abuse

Build a house, rebuild women’s lives – donate to The Independent and Refuge’s Brick by Brick campaign to help domestic abuse survivors. Maya Oppenheim takes us through the lifesaving initiative

The Independent UK

‘He edited my worst moments into a montage’: how UK police still ignore domestic abusers in their ranks

Four years on from a super-complaint over officers’ violence against women and girls, a new report finds little progress has been made on promised reforms

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The Independent UK

‘I’m a gay man who was a victim of domestic abuse – it doesn’t only happen to women’

When comedian James Barr met his ex, he thought he’d finally found his soulmate, but their relationship quickly became a source of constant fear. He tells Helen Coffey about how he found the strength to leave – and why we need to talk more about domestic violence in the queer…

The Independent UK

Domestic abusers weaponising joint mortgages by refusing to pay their share

‘Over a decade since I left my abusive husband, he remains on the joint mortgage. I can’t sell the property without his permission,’ one domestic abuse victim says

International Business Times UK

1700 UK Domestic Abuse And High-Risk Criminals Go Free Today Under Labour Govt's. Early Release Scheme

More than 1,700 prisoners are being let out early in England and Wales today as part of a government scheme to deal with overcrowding

The Guardian - UK

Some crime victims ‘unaware’ of offenders’ early prison release in England and Wales

‘Sizeable minority’ of survivors of crime have not been informed that perpetrators will be freed on Tuesday

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The Independent UK

Fears domestic abusers will be released from prison under early release scheme

‘The early release of perpetrators will have a detrimental impact on both the physical safety and mental wellbeing of survivors,’ says campaigner

Evening Standard

Domestic abusers may be among 1,700 prisoners released early from jail on Tuesday, minister admits

Some 1,700 criminals who have only served 40 per cent of their sentence will be let out on Tuesday

The Conversation

Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker: a tumultuous examination of the impact of domestic abuse on motherhood

Clove is a young woman with a seemingly good life. She has an adoring husband, two healthy, happy children and a comfortable home in Portland, a pleasant US city. She is a perfectionist with an obsession with clean eating and super-health who has spent years building such “perfection”.

The Independent UK

‘She should have been warned’: Family’s anger at failure to stop abusive ex left free to kill two women

Exclusive: ‘Controlling’ Carl Cooper had been implicated in the stabbings of two other women before he killed mother of four Fiona Holm – whose body has never been found

The National (Scotland)

Glasgow initiative clears debt for 390 domestic abuse survivors

A Glasgow project has helped nearly 400 victims of domestic abuse write off their debt.

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Virginia Man Accused Of Killing Mother Of His Children

Allegations of a Virginia man killing his children's mother unfold, shedding light on domestic abuse issues. Court documents reveal signs of abuse and susp...

The Independent UK

Brazilian police close investigation over abuse claims against Manchester United winger Antony

The winger had denied wrongdoing after allegations of domestic abuse

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