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26 May
New CPS guidance will block rape victims from therapy
New Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidance and Attorney General Guidelines on Disclosure...
25 May
EVAW welcomes new Victims’ Bill, but calls for measures to go further to m...
The government has today (25th May 2022) published its long-awaited Victims’ Bill, aiming ...
29 Apr
Charities write open letter to Home Secretary calling for Operation Soteria find...
Update, 9th June 2022: Read the response from Rachel Maclean MP, Minister for Safeguarding...
21 Apr
Alarming drop in domestic abuse charging mirrors justice system treatment of rap...
Latest data shows CPS failing to meet its own targets to transform justice outcomes for ra...
20 Apr
MPs call for violence against women and girls to be addressed in the Online Safe...
At the Bill’s second reading yesterday, MPs from across the political spectrum called for ...
12 Apr
Parliamentary report exposes broken justice system for rape survivors
The Home Affairs Committee has today (12th April 2022) published its report on the investi...
25 Feb
Police and CPS failing rape survivors, inspectorates find
Today (25th February 2022), the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Serv...
27 Jan
Highest number of rape and sexual offences on record, while charging plummets
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today (27th January 2022) released its latest...
20 Jan
Despite commitments to improve, justice system still fails women
The latest data from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) released today (20th January 2022...
09 Dec
Rape scorecards show broken justice system for rape survivors
The government has today (9th December 2021) released its first set of scorecards showing ...
26 Nov
Improvements in sexual offence prosecutions due to pandemic recovery, but still ...
Ministry of Justice (MoJ) statistics released last week (18th November 2021) showed that f...
21 Oct
CPS data shows women still being failed by justice system
Today (21.10.21) the Crown Prosecution Service has released its quarterly data on violence...
22 Jul
CPS Data for 2020/21 released: Still no improvement
Today (22.07.21) the Crown Prosecution Service has released its end of year data on Violen...
16 Jul
Inspection into Police and CPS calls for a criminal justice culture shift to dea...
Today (16 July) Part One of the joint HMCFRS and HMCPSI inspection into the police and CPS...