while high-risk pupils could be sent on behavioural courses as part of the government's long-awaited strategy to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the next decade. The plans for schools in England - which focus on preventing the radicalisation of young men - have been unveiled as part of a wider strategy which had been delayed three times. Teachers will get specialist training around issues such as consent, the dangers of sharing intimate images, how to identify positive role models, and to challenge unhealthy myths about women and relationships.

The £20m package will include a new helpline for teenagers to get support for concerns about abuse in their own relationships. The government hopes that by tackling the early roots of misogyny, it will prevent young men from becoming violent abusers. But the domestic abuse commissioner for England and Wales, Dame Nicole Jacobs, said the commitments did "not go far enough" to see the number of people experiencing abuse start to fall. She said while the strategy recognised the scale of the challenge the level of investment "falls seriously short". Under the new plans, schools will send high-risk students to get extra care and support, including behavioural courses to tackle their prejudice against women and girls. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he did not intend to "diminish the focus on the men that are the perpetrators of this violence", but said the government must address the misogyny and inequality that were the root cause. He added part of that was showing a "positive, aspirational vision for boys and men". (BBC)