Medway Labour Councillors support local charity whilst statistics reveal spike in domestic violence during lockdown
In April, May and June roughly one-fifth of all offences recorded by the police were flagged as domestic abuse-related. Meanwhile between April and June 2020, Refuge’s Helpline team logged a total of 40,397 calls and contacts on its database, a 65% increase compared with the first three months of 2020. Medway Times …