Prisons crisis must not jeopardise Labour’s pledge on domestic abuse, Starmer told

Government adviser warns effort to halve violence against women and girls will increase numbers heading to nearly full jails

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Keir Starmer's pledge to halve violence against women will put more pressure on prisons, a Home Office adviser has warned, adding that there could be an additional 10,000 domestic abuse convictions if just one in three victims come forward.

Nicole Jacobs, the government's domestic abuse commissioner, has written to the prime minister to highlight that the current prisons crisis is taking place at a time of historically low rates of convictions for those perpetrating domestic abuse.