Downing Street insisted David Cameron was not going to conduct a U-turn on the retention of suspects' DNA in rape cases after being put under pressure on the issue by the Labour leader, Ed Miliband.
The protection of freedoms bill requires the removal of DNA profiles from police databases after five years in all cases in which no charges are brought, but rape victims' groups have called for DNA to be retained in exceptional cases.
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