This is a yo-yo pattern all too familiar to police and social workers, with domestic abuse victims often blamed as a result for failing to keep their children safe. Last week, Women’s Aid lambasted the government’s new housing support proposals, which would devolve funding for domestic violence services to cash-strapped local authorities. The charity warned that the proposals would lead to more refuges and domestic violence support services being forced to close, endangering the lives of women and children. “I think I can trust him, but sometimes things go wrong.” I interview her husband Nav Kumar, 33, separately. Says Ahmed: “I used to be scared of my husband, but he knows how he has to behave and how he has to control his temper.

Source: The Guardian November 08, 2017 07:30 UTC