Rosie Duffield’s account of her own experience of domestic abuse left her colleagues in heart broken in the House of Commons. The speech has been described as one of the most moving contributions ever given in parliament.

Six months ago, the UK went into lockdown. For some, it was a hard time, Statistics have shown the rise in domestic violence since March 2020. It is thought that, globally, cases have increased by 20%. In the UK, more than a third of specialist services have reported an increase in requests for their support.

Domestic abuse charity, SafeLives, launches #ReachIn campaign to encourage people to act if they’re concerned someone is experiencing domestic abuse during lockdown.

TUC Changing the world of work for good represents over 5 million workers, across 48 different unions and they are calling for employers to become Domestic Abuse aware.