Labour promised women safer lives when they came to power, saying they’d halve violence against women and girls in a decade. Key to that promise was the long-delayed Violence against Women strategy, which Channel 4 News understands is now “imminent”. It's likely to include the use of Domestic Abuse Protection Orders, or DAPOs - which several police forces have been trialling. Our North of England correspondent Clare Fallon has had exclusive access to Greater Manchester Police throughout the year

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