Govt unity is halving female abusé key to

HALVING violence against females within a decade requires "cultural change", the minister responsible said.

- ALEXANDER BROWN

Alex Davies-Jones, minister for Victims and Violence Against Women and Girls, added it was not for one government department to tackle the crisis, but it needed all of them working in unison.

At the Labour conference, she told the Mirror: "What is really going to drive this is everybody pulling together.

"It's not just me and the Ministry of Justice or Jess Phillips and the Home Office.