PMQS: Prime Minister apologizes to rape victims for delays in seeking justice as Sir Keir Starmer says convictions ‘drop’ | UK News

Boris Johnson has apologized to rape victims and survivors for the delays they faced in seeking justice.

It came as Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer warned the Prime Minister that rape convictions “have fallen on his watch”.

Sir Keir wondered why 98.4% of rape cases now lead to no charges.

The Prime Minister said he had “fought” for tougher measures against sex offenders during his tenure as mayor of London and would continue to do the same.

His apology follows those of Justice Secretary Robert Buckland last week after a big government report published earlier in June estimated that something seriously went wrong in the criminal justice system regarding rape.

Turning his six questions to PMQs focusing on the low rate of rape convictions as a result of the report, Sir Keir said: “Under the Prime Minister’s watch, rape convictions are at an all time high, the backlog of Courts are at an all time high, victims are waiting longer as justice and criminals are getting away with it.

“It was not inevitable, it is the cost of a decade of Tory cuts and even now the government is not showing the urgency and ambition needed.”