Yesterday (5th October 2021), the Home Secretary Priti Patel announced an inquiry into the systemic failures that enabled serving Metropolitan police officer Wayne Couzens to abuse his power to abduct, rape and murder Sarah Everard.
Latest HMICFRS inspection report looking into how effectively the police respond to violence against women and girls finds inconsistencies at every level of policing and calls for fundamental change across the whole system.
EVAW, Imkaan, Southall Black Sisters, Latin American Women’s Rights Service, Rights of Women and Working Chance publish Second Reading briefing that urges Peers to oppose the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
Today (9th September 2021), the Victims’ Commissioner Dame Vera Baird has published the results of her 2021 Victims Survey, finding that victims are losing faith in the justice system.
Worrying proposals from HMICFRS could inhibit rape and sexual abuse victims from reporting & affect responses from the police
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