Labour's amendments to the Domestic Abuse Act aimed to protect specialist community services for victims by making them a statutory requirement for councils, health services, and police commissioners, but the government did not support them. This lack of support is expected to lead to a negative impact on victims' services. Additionally, there have been concerns raised about the impact of huge cuts to council budgets on support for women, with services being affected due to funding shortages and waiting lists. The Tories have faced criticism for failing the Armed Forces by missing recruitment targets consistently since 2010, with doubts raised about their ability to address the recruitment issues in the future. Furthermore, there have been accusations of chaos and failures in various government departments, including the Home Office, regarding issues such as borders, immigration, and prisons.
David Neal has issued a staunch defence of his decision to speak to the media about details of his inspection reports. Says he identified security failings, which he reported to the Home Office but has no confidence that the department will publish them after sitting on 15 of…
Labour's @YvetteCooperMP reacts: “This is total Tory chaos on borders and immigration. A series of Home Secretaries have sought to bury uncomfortable truths revealed by the Chief Inspector about our broken borders and shockingly they are still sitting on 15 unpublished reports." https://t.co/SX1GGV48RG
New Prisons Programme? More like No Prisons Programme. The Tories have created a prisons capacity crisis and completely failed to build the prison places they have promised. https://t.co/i5cbzDnEqf
The Conservatives have failed our Armed Forces over the last 14 years, missing their recruitment targets every year since taking power in 2010. Today the Minister had no answer for how five more years of Tory rule would fix the mess they have created in military recruitment. https://t.co/3RkfwFa903
Tory cuts are leaving domestic violence services closing, with staff facing redundancies and survivors in some areas unable to access support. Tackling violence against women just isn’t a priority for this government. https://t.co/zAerWF3uzg
Huge cuts to council budgets have had a devastating impact on support for women, as councils are unable to afford vital services. Govt must do more than just pay lip service to violence against women and girls & address funding shortages & address waiting lists for support! https://t.co/OZNYPGGwHA
Another Home Office mess. Chaos and division from Tory Ministers has bred chaos and catastrophe for civil servants. https://t.co/7Fx1OJhdxT
Labour moved amendments to the Domestic Abuse Act to protect specialist community services for victims by making them a statutory requirement for councils, health services and police commissioners. The government did not support it, so it fell. Now victims services will fall. https://t.co/GZZ5zqSGBf