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Ex-victims’ commissioner hits out at ‘evil’ in Met amid David Carrick fallout

Vera Baird questions police force’s commitment to culture change after elite officer revealed as serial rapist

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Raab blocked victims’ commissioner’s reappointment

Exclusive: campaigners criticise failure to fill role after Dame Vera Baird’s departure

The Guardian - UK

CPS failed hundreds of crime victims wrongly told offender could not be charged

Families only got justice by using the Victims’ Right to Review Scheme, allowing a second opinion. Ex-Victims Commissioner Vera Baird called our findings 'shocking'

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Government ‘totally misguided in attacks on rights of slavery victims’

Plans for legal reforms could reduce protections for victims, campaigners warned.

The Independent UK

Victims Commissioner resigns in furious blast at 'justice system in chaos'

In a scathing letter to Justice Secretary Brandon Lewis, Dame Vera Baird lashed out at a lack of action on the backlog of cases in courts

Daily Mirror

Police threatened with fines for unlawfully seizing rape victims’ personal information

Intrusive requests are ‘traumatising’ victims and causing them to drop out of prosecutions, watchdog says

The Independent UK

CPS guidance ‘makes things worse’ for rape survivors, victims’ commissioner says

Vera Baird calls for therapy notes to be excluded from criminal trials, as they are in Australia

The Guardian - UK

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Recorded sex crimes reach record high in England and Wales

Victims’ commissioner calls goal of returning prosecution levels to pre-2017 levels ‘a pipe dream’

The Guardian - UK

Multi-million pound pledge to fund victim support services

The announcement comes as the Government prepares to publish more criminal justice scorecards.

The Independent UK

CPS head Max Hill severely criticised over record low in rape convictions

Vera Baird, victims’ commissioner, says DPP has overseen ‘catastrophic’ period in CPS’s history

The Guardian - UK

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