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Prosecutions of disability hate crime have plunged by half in just two years, at the same time as offences recorded by police forces are rising sharply, according to “incredibly worrying” new figures. The key explanation for the fall appears to be […]
The Crown Prosecution Service has joined a leading disabled campaigner in raising concerns about a huge fall in the number of disability hate crime cases passed by police forces to prosecutors. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) annual hate crime report for […]
A Labour police and crime commissioner is facing criticism from within his own party for endorsing his force’s “disgraceful” decision to pass video footage and other information about disabled anti-fracking protesters to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Wayne Blackburn, […]