The use of strip searches, intimate checks and the removal of clothing from women and girls who are arrested and taken into custody in Greater Manchester are to be the
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The Government is not trying to kick compensation payments for victims impacted by the infected blood scandal into the “long grass”, the Paymaster General has said. Jeremy Quin (pictured) told
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Honour-based abuse should have a statutory definition in a similar way to domestic abuse, MPs said, as they warned it risks remaining a hidden crime without better victim support. There
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Terror attack survivors have condemned the UK’s compensation scheme in a new report. Support network Survivors Against Terror (SAT) has called for change after it found that more than half
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Former England footballer and television presenter Alex Scott has vowed to use her platform to raise awareness of domestic abuse and help victims and survivors as she became a charity
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Britons believe sexual harassment reports are taken more seriously in workplaces than five years ago and that they would be treated fairly by bosses, a new poll has found. The
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A compensation scheme for people whose lives were devastated by the Windrush scandal has been criticised for being slow and inefficient, as the latest figures show hundreds of cases have
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MSPs are seeking views on a Bill to reform Scotland’s justice system. The Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill proposes a number of changes, including the abolition of the
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A leading campaigner on the Windrush scandal said he fears the Home Office could be working towards closing the compensation scheme meaning thousands will miss out and are retraumatised. His
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A national compensation scheme for victims of child sexual abuse will be introduced in England, the Home Secretary has said. But opposition MPs urged the Home Secretary not to delay
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