Prime minister Keir Starmer backs The Independent’s Brick by Brick Campaign

The Independent

Prime minister Keir Starmer in an exclusive interview backs The Indepedent and Refuge Brick by Brick campaign, to build a safe house for survivors of domestic abuse.

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00:00The Independence Brick by Brick campaign goes to a central issue, which is why it's so important,

00:06which is providing somewhere where victims of domestic violence can go to to feel safe and

00:13secure and to get out of the situation that they're in. Because for many, particularly women

00:19and girls, that step is the vital, most important step. I sat down with individuals who'd been

00:26subjected to domestic violence. It had a profound impact on me. I've continued those conversations

00:33for 15 years, both as a lawyer, as a prosecutor and as a politician. Every single time somebody

00:42who's been subjected to domestic violence tells me about their experience, it renews in me a

00:48determination that we will grip this and grapple with it. And that's why we've made a commitment

00:54as a government. No government has ever made that commitment before to halve violence against women

00:58and girls. And anything that can further that campaign, I'm going to support, which is why the

01:04Independence Brick by Brick campaign is, for me, part of that wider story about how we halve

01:11violence against women and girls, because it provides that first step of safety and security

01:17that many victims can't take and now will have the opportunity. So that's why it's so important.

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