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Specialist rape courts to be rolled out across England and Wales
Every Crown Court will have at least one courtroom equipped for rape and serious sexual offence cases within two years, the government says, with those cases taking priority.
The Folio · No. 18Tuesday 22 September 2026Jess Entwistle
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Every Crown Court will have at least one courtroom equipped for rape and serious sexual offence cases within two years, the government says, with those cases taking priority.

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Targeted funding goes to frontline services and communities to change how women and girls are protected from violence and abuse.

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New tools and data processing sit alongside hundreds of new investigators in plans to modernise the National Crime Agency and other units.

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The London borough’s extended IT contract with Capita ends and the work moves inside, one to watch if you sell into local government.

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Ministers are considering making it harder for inquests to conclude a person was unlawfully killed, which would affect findings on deaths involving police and prisons.