Government announces extra funding for safe housing for domestic abuse survivors – UK politics live

As part of the violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy councils will receive a further £19m Rishi Sunak is giving evidence to the Covid inquiry this morning. The inquiry has moved on to the module looking at the economic response to the pandemic, and Sunak, who was chancellor at the time, is giving evidence all today, and tomorrow morning.Yohannes Lowe is covering it in a separate live blog.The Greens’ leader, Zack Polanski, is currently the most popular party leader with voters at net -1, with the Lib Dems’ Ed Davey close behind on net -4.No political leader is in net positive territory with voters, with Keir Starmer most unpopular at net -43 (+2), while Kemi Badenoch is up four points at net -10 and Nigel Farage stands at net -12 (+2). [Changes from Opinium polling three weeks ago.] Continue reading...