The government’s 2025 Spending Review expands prisons, boosts AI, and increases policing budgets - yet offers nothing new for violence against women and girls. Our analysis unpacks the strategic contradictions and offers a roadmap for real prevention.

CPVAWG supports Amendment NC17 to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales. This long-overdue reform would repeal 19th-century laws and enshrine access to abortion in statute. In this statement, we explain why criminalising reproductive healthcare undermines safety, equality, and modern governance.