Harrowing article in today’s Guardian about government measures to prevent children being killed by an abusive parent, following a campaign by a mother who lost both her children.
the government announced that it planned to repeal the presumption that children should have contact with both parents, under which decisions are made in the family court.
In the last 30 years, the charity (Women’s Aid) found, 67 children have been killed by a parent who was also a perpetrator of domestic abuse, in circumstances relating to unsafe child contact.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/29/no-more-children-are-going-to-die-like-you-how-sheffield-mother-kept-her-promise-to-boys-killed-by-father-11-years-ago