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Private prosecutions are not a marginal feature of our justice system; they are relied on by charities, specialist organisations, and in cases where the state lacks the capacity or resources to act. Charities lose up to £849 million a year to fraud, and where the system does not act, private prosecutions step in. Macmillan Cancer Support has used such prosecutions to secure convictions and compensation, and if they were to become unviable, those cases will not be brought and the justice that is currently delivered through them will not be achieved.