Covid-19 and domestic abuse: Haldane supports the campaign for housing funds

The UK government has not responded adequately to increased rates of domestic abuse that have resulted from laws introduced to control the spread of coronavirus. By failing to ensure that all survivors have somewhere safe to go if they flee, the government is endangering survivors’ lives and contributing to the conditions for widespread violence and mistreatment.

Public Interest Law Centre and Southall Black Sisters have launched a legal challenge against the government’s failure to allocate ring-fenced funding for housing. They have also created an email campaign, to increase pressure on the government to provide this support as urgently as possible.

We call on our members and comrades to join and publicise this campaign.