Dominic Raab to push for tougher minimum sentence in domestic homicides

Move follows pressure from campaigners such as Julie Devey and Carole Gould whose daughters were murdered

Domestic abusers in England and Wales who kill their partners or ex-partners are to face tougher sentences under government plans after a campaign by bereaved families.

The justice secretary and lord chancellor, Dominic Raab, will push for a change in the law after pressure from campaigners such as Julie Devey and Carole Gould, who have been calling since 2020 for a change to the minimum sentence for domestic homicide.

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@CoachSi21

RT @PublicPriestley: Dominic Raab getting Paul O'Grady's name wrong in the HofC, but still using his death as an opportunity to attack 'wok…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:25

@Bombweed_Novel

RT @OxfordDiplomat: How I would have loved to have said this to Dominic Raab myself. Referring directly to the @ByDonkeys sting, @MhairiBl…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:25

@VintiquesMark

RT @OxfordDiplomat: How I would have loved to have said this to Dominic Raab myself. Referring directly to the @ByDonkeys sting, @MhairiBl…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:25

@TimothyL0W3

RT @sarahjolney1: The number of GPs has dropped by 850 across the country since 2019, a shocking failure from the Conservatives. In Domin…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:24

@antonywalker9

RT @AdamBienkov: Incredible. Dominic Raab responds to Chris Bryant's warm tribute to Paul O'Grady, by referring to him as "Paul Grayson" an…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:24

@MartinGadsden7

RT @TheHopeSprings: Is Angela Rayner actually listening to the responses by Dominic Raab, or is she just more interested in flinging person…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:24

@Stephen62590897

RT @RichardJMurphy: Military sites to house asylum seekers to meet ‘essential living needs and nothing more’, says minister – UK politics l…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:23

@TheHirstComment

RT @GBNEWS: 'The only way the Government could tighten border security is by detaching themselves from international obligations.' Social…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:23

@AbcAlistair

RT @ChirpyChet: Angela Rayner to Dominic Raab: He seems to spend all his time on saving his own job & none on his actual job. The Prime M…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:22

@neoncinders

RT @OxfordDiplomat: How I would have loved to have said this to Dominic Raab myself. Referring directly to the @ByDonkeys sting, @MhairiBl…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:22

@maggsbrowne104

RT @OxfordDiplomat: How I would have loved to have said this to Dominic Raab myself. Referring directly to the @ByDonkeys sting, @MhairiBl…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:22

@jeff50090344

RT @S64Robert: Dominic "Phsycho" Raab. https://t.co/7DNdWNVsuC

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:21

@LineyNell

RT @tanita_tikaram: I was so lost in Dominic Raab's effortless wit that I forget to ask why someone who repeatedly reduced staff to tears…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:21

@PLANET_ZOMBIE

RT @OxfordDiplomat: How I would have loved to have said this to Dominic Raab myself. Referring directly to the @ByDonkeys sting, @MhairiBl…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:21

@PLANET_ZOMBIE

RT @dave43law: Could we be in the situation where we manage to lose an ex PM and a Deputy PM in the very same week Both could be toast #Tor…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:21

@Shadz66Shadz6t6

RT @S64Robert: Dominic "Phsycho" Raab. https://t.co/7DNdWNVsuC

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:19

@roberttheprune

RT @supertanskiii: Dominic Raab has paid tribute to Paul Grayson instead of Paul O’Grady. I’d pay my savings to see Raab punted in to the s…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:19

@rolynhome

RT @MrJohnNicolson: A lesson of Paul O’Grady’s life is a rebuke of “wokery which he’d have had no time for” Dominic Raab tells @RhonddaBrya…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:18

@NmsVoyager

RT @NeilDrysdale: Dominic Raab confused Paul O'Grady with Larry Grayson in the Commons today and then tried to attack "woke" ideology. This…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:18

@lroding

RT @ChirpyChet: I can't get enough of Angela Rayner nuking Dominic Raab👇 - A criminal justice system on its knees - The largest court back…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:17

@JamesRe85422742

RT @ChirpyChet: Angela Rayner destroying Dominic Raab at #PMQs 🔥🔥 Only 1.6% of rape cases lead to charges, over 98% of rapists will never…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:16

@JamesRe85422742

RT @BestForBritain: Dominic Raab absolutely dragged by an incandescent Rayner over awful rape charge rates. Keeps switching to talking abo…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:16

@JamesRe85422742

RT @OxfordDiplomat: How I would have loved to have said this to Dominic Raab myself. Referring directly to the @ByDonkeys sting, @MhairiBl…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:16

@GaryWarhurst

RT @OxfordDiplomat: How I would have loved to have said this to Dominic Raab myself. Referring directly to the @ByDonkeys sting, @MhairiBl…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:15

@sheilas74853079

RT @PublicPriestley: Dominic Raab getting Paul O'Grady's name wrong in the HofC, but still using his death as an opportunity to attack 'wok…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:15

@HfwrightSymes

RT @CatSmithMP: Royal Mail management have threatened to put the company in administration, yet this is a business which posted record prof…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:15

@LynneMurdoch3

RT @OxfordDiplomat: How I would have loved to have said this to Dominic Raab myself. Referring directly to the @ByDonkeys sting, @MhairiBl…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:14

@Maggie11521

RT @MirrorPolitics: Shadow Justice Secretary Steve Reed has called on Dominic Raab to "immediately come back to the House and apologise” af…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:14

@CuninghameJulie

RT @RichardJMurphy: Military sites to house asylum seekers to meet ‘essential living needs and nothing more’, says minister – UK politics l…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:14

@RegenerationEX

RT @RichardJMurphy: Military sites to house asylum seekers to meet ‘essential living needs and nothing more’, says minister – UK politics l…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:14

@Iaintolerable

RT @melikeydrwho: People, like Dominic Raab and Amanda Holden, who have turned Paul O'Grady's death into an excuse to mindlessly harp on ab…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:14

@RobertR51601958

RT @PublicPriestley: Dominic Raab getting Paul O'Grady's name wrong in the HofC, but still using his death as an opportunity to attack 'wok…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:13

@Geoff_Sergeant

RT @dave43law: Could we be in the situation where we manage to lose an ex PM and a Deputy PM in the very same week Both could be toast #Tor…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:13

@DonaldMBrown79

RT @ChirpyChet: Angela Rayner destroying Dominic Raab at #PMQs 🔥🔥 Only 1.6% of rape cases lead to charges, over 98% of rapists will never…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:13

@MisterSten

RT @OxfordDiplomat: How I would have loved to have said this to Dominic Raab myself. Referring directly to the @ByDonkeys sting, @MhairiBl…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:12

@SHCANELA

RT @allthecitizens: 🚨 NEW 🚨 After claiming to be a women's rights defender, Dominic Raab goes on to misrepresent rape conviction stats.…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:12

@MScottWalby

Interesting that Dominic Raab, who I abhor, threw the insult at Angela Rayner that he had at least not called anyon… https://t.co/sv8NOoq0sI

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:12

@rzepka_rafal

RT @BestForBritain: Dominic Raab absolutely dragged by an incandescent Rayner over awful rape charge rates. Keeps switching to talking abo…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:11

@AlrightMyLovely

RT @sarahjolney1: The number of GPs has dropped by 850 across the country since 2019, a shocking failure from the Conservatives. In Domin…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:11

@BenKing54523496

RT @AngelaRayner: Under the Tories 98% of rapists don’t see the inside of a courtroom - let alone prison. Why won’t Dominic Raab apologise…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:11

@MerylORourke

@bazruns @MhairiHunter Have you tweeted that to Dominic Raab?

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:11

@NadimJBaba

@Britain_People One can only assume you reacted with even greater disgust at Dominic Raab confusing O'Grady for Lar… https://t.co/0ivgSvlBgu

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:11

@daisymate

RT @supertanskiii: Dominic Raab has paid tribute to Paul Grayson instead of Paul O’Grady. I’d pay my savings to see Raab punted in to the s…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:10

@Cb24R

RT @supertanskiii: Dominic Raab has paid tribute to Paul Grayson instead of Paul O’Grady. I’d pay my savings to see Raab punted in to the s…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:10

@karin_haggerty

RT @GBNEWS: 'The only way the Government could tighten border security is by detaching themselves from international obligations.' Social…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:09

@Lindzy_Lou

RT @BestForBritain: Dominic Raab absolutely dragged by an incandescent Rayner over awful rape charge rates. Keeps switching to talking abo…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:09

@Cb24R

RT @Parody_PM: Dominic Raab pays tribute to incredible drag queen and comic, Paul Grayson. Now that's what I call sincerity. #PMQs #PaulOG…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:09

@Sue_Woodward

RT @CathyWood55: Dominic Raab is wrong: refugees do not come to the UK for the hotels https://t.co/CJIFNhBQw1

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:09

@browsing5

RT @OxfordDiplomat: How I would have loved to have said this to Dominic Raab myself. Referring directly to the @ByDonkeys sting, @MhairiBl…

Posted on: 2023-03-30 11:09