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If anything, I think the new phrase is worse.

'The evidence did not meet the evidential stage of the full code test set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors' implies, via the use of the definite pronoun, "the" that there is indeed some evidence.

‘insufficient evidence’ isn't great, but it least it didn't necessarily imply that there was any evidence at all.

Also, given how convoluted and jargony the new phrase is, there's a chance the media will simply stick to the old one in any event.

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