Quote:Four in 10 women who were killed by a male partner had taken steps to leave him, figures show, as Labour’s Jess Phillips admitted the scale of violence is a “national emergency”.

A total of 122 women were killed by a man in 2022, according to the 14th annual Femicide Census, with more than half targeted by their current or former partner.

At least 40 per cent of those killed by a partner had ended the relationship or were trying to leave when they were killed.

The report’s authors warned too many dangerous men are being left at “liberty to harm, rape and kill” after the data showed almost six in 10 perpetrators were known to have a history of violence against women or were subject to monitoring or restrictions when they killed.