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Priti Patel says tackling violence against women is 'my priority'

The home secretary has announced a further £25m will be allocated to local projects aimed at making public spaces safer for women.

Just days after Met Police officer Wayne Couzens was jailed for life for raping and murdering marketing executive Sarah Everard, Ms Patel has promised action in areas "where women and girls say they feel most unsafe".

The allocation of a further £25m to local projects across England and Wales - through the government's safer streets fund - will go to plans to increase the safety of public spaces, or projects that will focus on changing the behaviour of perpetrators.

The latest investment will largely focus on making spaces safer for women and girls. 

Ahead of the Conservative Party conference beginning on Sunday, Ms Patel said: "We have made good progress in tackling violence against women and girls, but these crimes are still all too prevalent in our society.

"The tragic cases of Sarah Everard, Sabina Nessa, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman touched us all.

"As we build back safer from the pandemic, tackling violence against women and girls is my priority."

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