The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has today (1st February 2022) released findings from its Operation Hotton investigations into the misconduct of several Met Police officers. Operation Hotton consisted of nine separate investigations into the conduct of serving police…
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today (27th January 2022) released its latest crime figures, showing that for the 12-month period ending in September 2021, sexual offences recorded by the police were the highest on record, at 170,973 offences…
After several evidence sessions and a call for written evidence, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee on the new online safety law has today (24th January 2022) released its report on the proposals and made recommendations…
The latest data from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) released today (20th January 2022) covers the three-month period of 1st July to 30th September 2021 (quarter 2 of 2021/22). It shows that once again, there has been little if any…
The Policing Bill is being debated in the House of Lords this week (10th and 12th January 2022), at a time when new measures added to the Bill have drawn widespread condemnation from a broad cross-section of society. These new…
The Home Office has published its review into data-sharing arrangements between the police and Home Office, concerning migrant victims and witnesses of crime with insecure immigration status (Wednesday 15 December). Disappointingly, the Home Office has rejected the recommendations and expertise…
Following weeks of hearing evidence from a range of experts, the Joint Committee on the government’s draft Online Safety Bill yesterday (14th December 2021) released its report, containing recommendations for government on what the new law should contain. The colossal…
Today (15th December 2021) the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for Violence Against Women and Girls, Maggie Blyth, has launched a new framework in England and Wales, setting out the actions required from every police force in a bid to…
The government has today (9th December 2021) released its first set of scorecards showing how each part of the criminal justice system is performing in prosecuting rape, along with a progress update report on performance regarding the rape Review Action…
Yesterday (7th December 2021), the Law Commission announced recommendations to protect women and girls and reform hate crime law so that disabled and LGBT+ victims receive equal protection. The Law Commission has recommended that the government consider the need for…