Healey to promise £15m to tackle misogyny in Budget
Summary
Chancellor John Healey has pledged £15m over three years for a fund to tackle misogyny in schools, workplaces and communities. The fund is expected to be confirmed in the Budget and will support projects such as youth mentoring, workplace training and public campaigns.Key Facts
- The fund is intended to support a national taskforce chaired by Women and Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson.
- Healey said the government hopes businesses and philanthropists will contribute additional funding.
- The taskforce aims to shape government policy with input from people affected by misogyny.
- The taskforce plans to focus first on young people, then on workplaces, digital spaces and social cohesion.
- The Office for National Statistics estimated that 12.8% of females aged 16 and over in England and Wales experienced domestic abuse, sexual victimisation or stalking in the year to March 2026.
- The comparable estimate for males was 8.9%.
- Conservative shadow minister Joy Morrissey criticized the proposed spending and said it would not make women and girls safer.
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