A quarter of police forces in England and Wales are yet to implement “basic policies for investigating sexual offences”, an official report has found, with women still being failed despite promises of change after the murder of Sarah Everard four years ago.

The report by Dame Elish Angiolini follows an inquiry set up after Everard was murdered by a serving police officer, Wayne Couzens, in March 2021. She was abducted off a London street while walking home.

Despite the promises of sweeping changes to make women safer as they walk the streets, Angiolini condemned a “paralysis” hampering improvements even though sexual crimes against women in public were “widespread”.

The second part of her report published on Tuesday says recommendations from her last report over a year ago are yet t

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