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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

Dominic Raab criticised for ‘outrageous’ false claims on rape convictions

Sky News

Dominic Raab has been fiercely criticised by women’s campaigners for falsely accusing Keir Starmer of overseeing falling conviction rates for sexual offences and rape while Director of Public Prosecutions.

Raab, the deputy Prime Minister, incorrectly stated convictions rates for sexual offences and rape declined while the Labour leader was DPP and head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from 2008 to 2013.

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