Advocate panel will support victims and bereaved while holding police and agencies to account after disasters

13th March 2023Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

A new Independent Public Advocate scheme which will work on behalf of victims and families bereaved by major disasters has been launched by the UK Government, to provide support and hold agencies including the police to account – although not all campaigners believe the new initiative goes far enough, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.