“Criminals become impunity” after Reeves has been shortened, Reeves warned | Rape and sexual assault

The government has reduced millions of pounds for the financing of the services of the victims and warns warnings that “criminals are not punished” unless it urgently changes its position.

The commissioner of the victim wrote a letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who was only shared with which observerA combination of financing reductions and the upcoming increase in the national insurance of employers was an “existential crisis” for charity organizations. The commissioner and the charity organizations in this sector are calling for an urgent increase in financing of the next issue check, which will be completed this spring.

“These crucial services ensure that the victims have the support they need to recover from crime and to deal with justice,” wrote Baroness Helen Newlove.

“Without this support, the law enforcement measures will be stalled, criminals will remain unpunished, and we risk endangering a feeling of security and justice in our communities. The failure to pursue law enforcement can contribute to further insult.”

Rape crisis England and Wales said that two of its centers had already closed, and the support of the victims, which works across all types of crime, estimates that it has to lose more than 80 employees and have to help 5,000 fewer people per year.

Groups that support rapes and victims of domestic abuse say that the cuts will undermine the manifesto of the Labor to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.

In their submission to the Ministry of Finance, Newlove warned that thousands of victims in the residues of the Record Court were that they may not keep the distance without support, and that others may never feel able to report crimes to the police.

She added: “The need for support services for victims has never been greater, but these services are facing an increasingly precarious position. To honor the manifesto for VAWG [violence against women and girls] And fulfill your safer road mission, the government has to act quickly and determined to protect these important services. The cost of inactivity is a price that this nation can afford. “

Charity organizations were not freed by the increase in employer insurance announced in the autumn budget, and in December the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) informed the police and criminal officers (PCCs) in England and Wales that the core subsidy for the services of the victims would decrease by 4.2% in April.

The rape crisis estimates that the combination of state insurance and cuts in PCC financing in the next financial year will be a loss of 3.5 million GBP, which corresponds to 84 full-time positions and 5,000 fewer victims.

The Home Office honored a separate “Support and Specialist Services Fund” for violence against women and girls, which began in 2022 and told the charity organizations that it would end in March because it “prioritized in a limited budget”.

The fund formed a significant part of the annual financing for the charity organization for Jewish sexual abuse, which is now afraid of shortening trained consultants who support victims through legal proceedings.

The managing director of the charity, Erica Marks, told that of the observer: “So many of our customers tell us that there is no one else – if we stop to exist, what then? You are self -injured, you are suicidal, you hear voices, with what option do we humans leave? “

Marks accused successive governments that they have been dirty for years to combat sexual abuse with adequate funds and added: “If the government claims to understand the depth of the problems, do not show them in their actions.

“I do not understand that the separation between the testimony of violence against women and girls has a priority and takes away this type of funds.”

About a fifth of the victims seen by the charity organization contact the police after supporting the police. Marks said that it was “very clear that the reporting will decrease” due to shrinking services.

Ciara Bergman, managing director of rape crises, said that two of his centers have been closed in the past few months because “acute and chronic underfunding” and others reduce services they provide, including specialization and advice.

“Too often, these services are framed as the washing point of a criminal justice process, and that is completely wrong,” she added. “They are actually the starting point of the criminal justice process – the loss of services means that people are unable to disclose abuse.”

Bergman said that PCCs had been financed for domestic abuse and support in sexual violence, but would have to make “difficult decisions” due to the reduction of their core -victim services.

“We all need more funds and there is desperate competition,” she said. “We cannot understand how the government will be able to halve rape and sexual violence if these services are not there.”

Some PCCs, which have been responsible for financing the victims since 2014, try to alleviate the impending cuts with separate budgets.

The police and criminal officers for victims, however, have warned of a national “real concept of financial support from the central government for victims of crime”.

The charity organization to support the victims warned of a “perfect storm” because a growing number of people need support for years of waiting for years. The managing director Katie Kempen said that the charity organization “has nothing more to trim” and had to make cuts from the next financial year, since the vast majority of its financing by police and criminal officers take place.

“It means cutting the staff and reducing the hours in most of our services,” she added. “To close our doors for victims in need of protection is the last thing we want to do and we ask the government to reverse the cuts and increase the Ministry of Justice to meet the increase in national insurance.”

A government spokesman said: “We are determined to halve violence against women and girls in a decade. That is why we gave the police in England and Wales an increase of 1 billion GBP to restore the neighborhood police, in addition to confirming over 190 million pounds to support the next financial year for a number of organizations that support victims of crime.

“We will first stop until we have a system that protects the victims, support their journey into justice and to account for perpetrators. We are obliged to support organizations that help victims of crime, build on our activity in the past six months, protect the victims better and pursue perpetrators.

“This includes the introduction of new domestic abuse protection commands, the introduction of specialists for domestic abuse in 999 control rooms, the strengthening of the police reaction to Spike and Stalking as well as pioneering work with a truly cross -border approach to address these problems.”