SIR – For the past 18 months I have been documenting stories with victims of domestic abuse alongside what was meant to be the implementation of the ‘landmark’ domestic abuse bill which I also advised on.
This bill has fallen due to the General Election, which means it will no longer progress.
The legislation, which was promised two years ago, even had it been implemented still needed to go further.
I am a survivor of childhood abuse.
Undiscussable is my new podcast series that presents these stories and voices, including my own into a deeply personal, raw and challenging rethinking of domestic abuse.
I would like to ask for you and your readers to stand with me and hold all political parties to account in this election and commit to end domestic abuse in their manifesto pledges, improve the fallen bill and implement it as an urgent priority.
There were 2 million victims that we know of last year, male and female adults, and given that 85 per cent of people that are victims of domestic abuse don’t go to the police, the amount is grossly under reported and estimated.
Please help me break this detrimental cycle.
Charlie Webster
Broadcaster and Advocate
charliewebster.com
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