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Sir Keir Starmer speaks about the importance of teaching young boys and girls about toxic relationships to prevent the rise of domestic violence.All secondary schools in England will have to teach students about healthy relationships to tackle misogyny, as Sir Keir Starmer said, too often, toxic ideas are “going unchallenged”.

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00:00All of us are turning up. But the fact that they are on an issue which isn't always too comfortable to them,
00:05we're actually pretty able to come forward, wanted to come forward.
00:09I don't think it's one or the other. I've obviously spent a lot of time when I was chief prosecutor
00:14dealing with those that have already been arrested and being put through our criminal courts.
00:19And yes, we need to improve that service and the protection that goes in for victims and survivors.
00:24But I've also been absolutely determined that we get in on the preventative bit.
00:28And that's why it's really important to be here at the school, seeing young people go through relationship discussions.
00:36We've seen teenagers having quite open discussions about what is a healthy relationship, what is not a healthy relationship.
00:43Because in the end, we have to do the preventative bit as well.
00:46And I'm really conscious that, and I saw this for myself, the age at which individuals are in abusive relationships sometimes
00:57or being abused or subjected to violence is going down, not up.
01:01And therefore, yes, I want to strengthen what we do when we actually are able to prosecute cases.
01:06But I absolutely want to get in at the very early stage, protecting children who may be being exposed to abuse,
01:14maybe in their own household, but also just that discussion about a healthy relationship, boys and girls,
01:19but particularly boys, teenage boys, I think it is vitally important.
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