Labour’s Shadow Justice Minister Promises Minimum Sentence of Seven Years for Rapists

Ellie Reeves repeats her assertion that Conservatives have 'effectively decriminalised rape'

The Labour Party's shadow justice minister, Ellie Reeves, is pictured at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, on Feb. 27, 2023. PA

The opposition Labour Party has said it would introduce minimum sentences of seven years in prison for rape, while also promising to introduce specialist rape courts and a domestic violence register.

Shadow justice minister Ellie Reeves said that if elected, Labour would bring in minimum sentences for rape for the first time, while repeating an accusation she made last year that the Conservative government had “effectively decriminalised rape.”