Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry want to give police emergency powers to charge domestic abuse suspects without the involvement of the Crown Prosecution Service. The plan also gives victims of rape and sexual assault the right to specialist support throughout justice proces.
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00:00 Well we've seen a huge drop in charging, particularly in cases like domestic abuse.
00:06 That means more criminals are getting off and it means more victims are being badly let down.
00:12 That's why Labour's been working with victims experts, with chief prosecutors and police
00:19 on how we fix this broken system which is letting victims down so we have reforms on bureaucracy,
00:25 on them working together so that we can make sure more victims get justice.
00:29 I think the system is broken now after 14 years of Conservative government.
00:34 We've seen charges plummet, we've seen more victims being badly let down
00:39 and that's why we want to end the blame game with different organisations just blaming each other
00:43 and set a new approach where the police and Crown Prosecution Service need to properly work together,
00:49 where we have new arrangements particularly for charging domestic abuse because that is one of the
00:54 most serious crimes and so we can make sure victims get support and justice that they deserve.