Abuse survivor backs Prime Minister's pledge to oversee new domestic violence law
A woman from Newport, who suffered domestic violence at the hands of her ex-husband, has welcomed today's announcement from the Prime Minister that she'll directly oversee work on a new law to tackle domestic abuse.
Rachel Williams says there needs to be consistency in how different parts of the country deal with the problem, and she says she's glad that Theresa May has acknowledged the issue.
The Prime Minister said domestic violence and abuse is "life-shattering and absolutely abhorrent" and insisted the Government's new approach would deliver a system that increased convictions and works for victims.
The moves come amid concerns in Number 10 that the legal system often lets down victims, partly because the plethora of different offences and procedures that currently exist had resulted in a postcode lottery.
Aides said the lack of clarity in the system had created an "unacceptable diversity" in terms of the degree of effort put in to try and tackle it, with inconsistency in the way laws and measures had been applied.