The battle against sexual violence is being lost – look at the number of young victims

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm16th February 2016

The Guardian Government after government makes bold claims about eradicating these awful crimes, yet the statistics remain damning ‘Perpetrators of violence against children are frequently the same people who are responsible for looking after them.’ Photograph: Alamy It is a disturbing fact that nearly a third of female rape victims in England and Wales are…

Draft EU rules could tighten migration loophole for foreign-born spouses

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm16th February 2016

The Guardian Proposal aims to restrict ‘Surinder Singh’ route that gives UK residence rights to non-European spouses of low-income British citizens Critics argue the current law on spousal visas penalises around 43% of the UK population, particularly mothers of young children, public sector workers and those living outside London and the south-east, who are more…