Campaigners say rape and trafficking victims have been betrayed by the Tories’ failure to appoint commissioners to defend them
has meant its “reduced office” cannot commission research or publish new work on the issue.
Campaigners said the refusal to fill the roles exposed the government’s true attitude to rape and trafficking victims.Despite countless promises to overhaul the criminal justice system for rape survivors and prioritise ending violence against women and girls, the government’s failure to prioritise appointing a victims’ commissioner speaks volumes about its commitment to actually delivering on these promises.
Baird, a former Labour MP who will chair a new commission to help increase the number of crimes solved if the party wins the next election, said: “The government seems to have concluded: ‘Why are we paying for these positions so they can complain about us.’ It has no regard for democracy.”, said it was “staggering” that the government had left the anti-slavery post unfilled.
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