MP Jess Phillips: Safe Refuges For Domestic Abuse Victims Matter More Now Than Ever

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The Labour MP tells British Vogue why she’s urging the government to act faster to provide emergency accommodation for women – as calls to domestic violence charities skyrocket under the UK lockdown

has reported a 25 per cent increase in calls since the start of the Covid-19 crisis – and at a time when struggling refuges are at capacity.

“I try to get people to understand how difficult it is for a woman to break away by using the example of when the fire alarm goes off,” Phillips, the MP for Birmingham Yardley since 2015, explains. “You don’t know if it’s a real fire or not, but they tell you to always leave your belongings – but literally nobody does that.

 

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The gov't is a total disgrace. This should have been a priority. Its going to be a little too late in coming for my niece. She was beaten, threatened by her partner. Reported him to the police, only for him to return & put a brick through her window. They had no safe place.. 1/2

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