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The Public Account Committee has today published its report on reforms of the Criminal Justice System and Probation and their findings echo what Vera Baird has been saying for months – that the reforms “Carry Significant Risk”. In relation...
Common sense has prevailed thanks to partnership working, which included support from Northumbria’s Police & Crime Commissioner Vera Baird QC. The government had originally stated that they were to stop support for families bereaved by homicide prior to 2010....
Following the recent publication of Her Majesties Inspectorate of Constabulary’s report “Everyone’s business: Improving police response to domestic abuse”, the Home Secretary, Theresa May MP, is establishing a national oversight group to improve practice. Vera Baird QC has asked...
When a famous man is acquitted of sexual assault, there is always an outcry against the people who accused him and often against the criminal justice system for giving them airspace. Let us hope, if not expect, that the...
Police and Crime Commissioner welcomes decision to re-examine domestic abuse figures Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner has welcomed a Government decision to look again at domestic abuse figures. Crime Prevention Minister Norman Baker made the announcement after Vera Baird...
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