Keir Starmer: make funding for women's refuges mandatory

Labour MPs warn that the government’s plans to remove refuges from the welfare system will put lives at riskKeir Starmer, the shadow cabinet member and former chief prosecutor, has called for mandatory funding for refuges amid criticism over a shake-up of funding for women’s services.Abuse survivors and charities have warned the lives of vulnerable women and children will be put at risk by government plans to remove refuges and other forms of short-term supported housing from the wel