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Every Crown Court will have at least one courtroom dedicated to hearing such cases set up in the next two years, officials said.
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officials → have → years
Victims will be offered a private entrance and private waiting room to keep them away from the defendant, which they already have a right to request but currently depends upon availability.
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they → offer → availability
Court staff will also be given “trauma-informed training” with a single person of contact assigned to each survivor as part of the package of measures are expected to cost around £23 million from the Ministry of Justice budget.
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staff → give → budget
From October, trials will be given a fixed date rather than placed on floating lists in what the Prime Minister described as an effort to “rebalance the scales of justice and put victims first.”
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Minister → give → victims
In March, Ms Nichols waived her automatic right to anonymity in a powerful Commons speech during which she lamented having to wait more than 1,000 days to go to court.
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she → waive → court
She said the changes promised on Monday were a “hugely important milestone” which would help improve the experience of those who are “all too often retraumatised by seeking justice.”
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who → say → justice
“I’m proud that substantive meaningful change has come from waiving my anonymity to speak about my own experiences, and I can’t tell you how much the support of the Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor means to me, as I know the difference these measures would have made for me and for so many of the survivors I have worked with in recent years,” Ms Nichols said.
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Nichols → ’m → years
The pledge is one in a series of announcements aimed at tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG), which Labour promised in its 2024 manifesto to halve within a decade.
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Labour → aim → decade
Mr Burnham said: “For too long, victims of rape and serious sexual offences have felt let down by our justice system.
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victims → say → system
Prosecution rates for rape remain shamefully low, with many victims waiting years for justice.
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victims → remain → justice
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“This is not good enough.
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That’s why we are making major changes to rebalance the scales of justice and put victims first.
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we → ’ → victims
This includes rolling out specialist courtrooms for rape and serious sex offences.
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This → include → rape
“These changes are long overdue and will make a significant difference, but focusing on prosecution alone will not be enough.
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focusing → make → prosecution
So as well as ensuring victims get justice, we will step up action to prevent these horrific crimes from happening in the first place.”
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we → ensure → place
Rape Crisis England and Wales welcomed the measures as a “significant step forward for our justice system” that would bring into force a number of reforms the organisation has been calling for over many years.
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organisation → welcome → years
Chief executive Ciara Bergman said: “Taken together, they reflect the urgency of ensuring that courts are fit for purpose and properly meet the needs of victims and survivors, which is crucial to securing justice.”
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which → say → justice
The Tories said tackling delays to criminal rape trials was “long overdue” and pushed Labour to commit to scrapping plans to restrict jury trials more widely announced under Sir Keir Starmer’s government.
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tackling → say → government
Shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy said: “The fact that victims have been withdrawing their cases because they have taken too long has been a disgrace.
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they → say → cases
“Labour need to get courts sitting throughout the year, end the delays and clear the backlog – not undermine our right to a trial by jury.”
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courts → need → jury
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