Spice Girl Mel B, who is also a patron of Women's Aid, sat alongside Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer at a panel event organised by the charity. 'For every survivor and everybody's voice out there that can't be heard, I am their voice,' she said.
After being grilled by Mel B, he said he would make the issue a priority as part of his pledges. But the singer and TV star urged the politician to make it a separate, specific mission of its own.
"If you're going to talk about your five main things you have to add another one on that is specifically domestic abuse," she said.As she continued to put Sir Keir on the spot, the audience began to laugh at her grilling of the politician. "You may well laugh but I'm being bloody serious," she said."It needs to be a standalone thing that we get educated on from the ground up, inside out."
Sir Keir said he"absolutely will make it a priority" if he is prime minister, but did not commit to a sixth national mission. He said"end-to-end change" is needed and"tinkering around the edges isn't going to make a difference".
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