TORY austerity is forcing women into danger, campaigners warned yesterday as the government plans more cuts to vital refuges across Britain.

Refuge managers and campaign group Women’s Lives Matter warned that domestic abuse victims will die as they are turned away from refuges with no room for those fleeing violence.

Yet the government has slashed funding by a quarter over the last seven years despite police reporting that the number of domestic violence cases has increased by a third over the same period.