Yvette Cooper responds to the government’s announcement on sexual offences

Friday, 17 May 2024 00:01

Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, responding to the government's announcement on sexual offences, said: “This limited progress is welcome, but it has been far too slow and goes nowhere near far enough to tackle serious violence against women and girls or to reverse all the failings of the last ten years. “The proportion of rapes where someone is charged is still less than half the level it was in 2015. There should be no government pride in having a...Request free trial