The victims’ commissioner on her fight for a long-overdue law to get vulnerable people heardBaroness Newlove has every good to feel exasperated. For years, the victims’ commissioner has listened to Conservative party promises that stronger protection for the rights of victims will be enshrined in law.
But successive government reshuffles – that have whisked unique secretaries of state through the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and out before they have time to deliver on their agendas – combined with Brexit-induced legislative paralysis have thwarted passage of a bill.
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Source: guardian.co.uk