Domestic abuse is estimated to cost £23 billion in the UK
each year, including the cost of the criminal justice system,
health service, social care and housing. This cost is widely
accepted as an under-estimate.
Portsmouth city council are suggesting a cut of £180k to
their domestic abuse services as a budget saving. If councillors
had consulted with anyone in the sector they would know this is
naïve at best and misleading at worse. Cutting EIP will merely
transfer the cost onto other service areas in the city.
It is agreed nationally that domestic abuse victims need specialist
independent support to live their lives free from violence and
abuse.
Please support this petition in order to initiate a debate in
council chambers at the meeting on the 9th February 2016.
This ePetition ran from 22/12/2015 to 27/01/2016 and has now finished.
1166 people signed this ePetition.