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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Victims’ bill ‘not worth paper it’s written on’ after being hijacked by Dominic Raab, watchdog says

AP

A new package of laws the government claims will strengthen victims’ rights “isn’t worth the paper it’s written on”, a watchdog has said.

Claire Waxman, the victims’ commissioner for London, said the Victims and Prisoners Bill had been “hijacked by Dominic Raab” to increase government powers while diluting its original aims.

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