A pilot scheme found victims were "reassured" to see the process of offenders being held to account before the Parole Board ...

The national rollout of the scheme, which comes into force across England and Wales on Tuesday 1 April, is hoped to boost ...

Victims to attend parole hearings in national rollout of ‘vital’ scheme - The change follows a pilot scheme in the South West ...

Court delays are harming victims, a report has found, with one victim overdosing after her trial was postponed for the fourth time ...

Baroness Newlove, the Victims’ Commissioner, said record court backlogs are ‘actively harming’ victims with some trials postponed up to six times at the last minute. The number of trials ...

HMRC is forcing fraud victims to pay tax on pension savings stolen by scammers. Hundreds of people have suffered from the ...

HMRC is reportedly demanding tax payments from individuals whose pension savings were swindled by fraudsters. This action by ...

The release of court data comes after a trial of a man accused of threatening the public with a machete was delayed for three ...

The BBC showed some of Ben's footage to Baroness Helen Newlove, the victims' commissioner for England and Wales. "It shows that the system isn't working, once again, to protect innocent people ...

Baroness Newlove warned that delays increase the risk of victims withdrawing and damage confidence in the justice system. Meanwhile the Law Society of England and Wales said that the new figures ...

Victims Commissioner Baroness Newlove said some victims were so traumatised by delays they had resorted to drugs, alcohol and self-harm. The funding boosts the total number of sitting days for ...

The Labour Party government's tax arm is slapping people who've fallen victim to cruel scams with demands for tax in a brutal ...