Violence against women and girls remains a “significant and growing problem”, affecting one in 12 women in England and Wales and causing significant physical, mental, social and financial harm to survivors.
Changes to virtual attendance of meetings, privacy of councillors’ addresses, and standards for councillors were among the announcements from Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner at the LGA’s annual conference.
Communities Secretary Michael Gove has published an updated definition of extremism in response to an “increased extremist threat” since the Israel-Gaza war, which he said posed “a real risk” to the UK.