Criminal cases that the Crown Prosecution Service take to court are in the news every day. This section also covers many issues related to our work, including violence against women and girls, hate crime, support for victims and witnesses, statistics, and speeches by the Director of Public Prosecutions and other senior staff.
Latest news
You can find our latest news stories here and search for older stories. You can also find more information about high-profile cases and the work of the CPS.
Working with the media
To make criminal court reporting more open, the CPS, police, and media representatives created a joint protocol (agreement) for working together. We are currently working on an updated version of the protocol.
Five members of CPS staff have been recognised in the New Year's Honours List 2019 for their hard work and service to the organisation.
Sue Hemming, Director of Legal Services, has been made a CBE for services to law and order, particularly in counter terrorism.
Sue Hemming headed up the CPS…
Measures which have already helped to drive up prosecutions in domestic abuse cases are set to be rolled out across England and Wales.
Figures show that a targeted approach to making sure victims of domestic abuse get better support through the criminal justice system is having a significant…
Sir,
You are right that I am determined to build trust in the Crown Prosecution Service, which means correcting fundamental mistakes about our role such as those in your leading article (Up Hill Task, Nov 14).
The CPS does not investigate crime. Operation Midland was a police investigation,…
The new Director of Public Prosecutions, Max Hill, has today (13 November) outlined his plans to build public confidence and trust in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
Speaking at the Kalisher Lecture - his first public address since taking up post on 1 November - he outlined his priorities…
Max Hill QC has today (Thu 1 Nov) taken up post as the Director of Public Prosecutions for the Crown Prosecution Service.
The leading barrister was called to the bar in 1987 and appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2008.
The Attorney General announced Max Hill’s appointment in July. He replaces…
Considering disclosable evidence pre-charge is included for the first time
More stringent conditions on how The Threshold Test is applied
A greater focus on CPS role in recovering proceeds of crime.
REVISIONS to the Code for Crown Prosecutors have been unveiled today by Director of…
The CPS was approached by the Sunday Telegraph to provide a response to a letter from Liam Allan and Samuel Armstrong, which ran on 21 October 2018. The following response was provided, but not included by the Sunday Telegraph in its coverage.
A CPS spokesperson said:
"It's fundamentally…
Courts are handing out tougher sentences in more than two-thirds of hate crime cases for the first time, a Crown Prosecution Service report published today (Tue 16 Oct) reveals.
In 2017/18, more than 67% of cases involving hostility on the grounds of race, religion, sexual orientation,…
A network of prosecutors dedicated to tackling hate crime has helped the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) improve the experience of disabled victims, an inspection report has found.
The way in which CPS area hate crime co-ordinators review the handling of cases and pass on improvements to…
Teenagers have been warned about the consequences of carrying knives – even if they never intend to use them.
Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions at the Crown Prosecution Service addressed a group of school children at The National Black Crown Prosecutors Association conference…
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If you are a national or international journalist with a media enquiry, you can contact the CPS Press Office on 020 3357 0906 or email [email protected] (9am-5pm weekdays only).
For out-of-hours media enquiries please call 020 3357 0906 to reach the duty press officer.
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Media protocol
To ensure greater openness in the reporting of criminal proceedings, the CPS, the police and media representatives developed a joint protocol for working together. We are currently in the process of updating the protocol.
