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CNC nil return response to an FOI about the number of reported crimes involving sextortion
Government delivers on pledge to return number of cases reaching court to 2016 levels.
Child rapists and terrorists will no longer be automatically released half-way through their sentence, as part of a range of tough new laws that have received Royal Assent today.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Online Safety Bill strengthened with new list of criminal content for tech firms to remove as a priority
Employment Tribunal decision.
Government amendments to the Online Safety Bill will bolster protections for children, empower adults and make it easier to put online abusers behind bars.
A speech examiniming revenge pornography, internet trolling, freedom of speech and contempt of court in the digital age.
Abusers who strangle their partners in an attempt to control or induce fear will face up to 5 years behind bars when a new offence comes into force today (7 June 2022).
Survivors will be better protected from domestic abusers who attempt to continue their campaign of terror from behind bars.
£50 million awarded through the Safer Street Fund to tackle violence against women and girls and make streets safer.
Home Secretary Priti Patel has today published the government’s new strategy to ensure women and girls are safe everywhere - at home, online and on the streets.
Review will investigate gaps in UK regulation that allows exploitation or abuse to take place online, as well as identifying barriers to enforcing criminal law.
The Home Secretary has today launched an ambitious new, multi-year national communications campaign which says ‘Enough’ to violence against women and girls.
A series of tougher sentencing measures, new criminal offences and a more balanced judicial review system will come into force when the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 takes effect on 13 April.
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