19 h. ago Keir Starmer faces huge threat of rebellion as dozens of MPs slam 'madness' jury plan

Keir Starmer is facing the threat of a rebellion from angry Labour MPs over plans to reduce the number of cases that go to jury trials - the MPs have sent him a warning letter

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43 h. ago Major Brexit change to be reversed by Keir Starmer in huge boost to young people

UK students will continue to pay their standard domestic fees - which are capped at £9,535 a year - when they are abroad, under the new deal to rejoin the Erasmus programme

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3 d. ago Britain hails ‘golden age’ in South Korea relations after crucial trade deal struck

Sir Keir Starmer described the agreement as “a huge win for British businesses and working people”

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3 d. ago Grangemouth has 'huge potential' and jobs will come soon, says Keir Starmer

The Prime Minister said he did not see the closure of the refinery “as one of those cases where decline is inevitable.”

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1 week ago David Lammy faces new Labour backlash over 'undemocratic' plan to cut jury trials

The Justice Secretary was accused of weaking the system's ability to democratically serve the nation with a proposal to only have juries try the most serious of charges like murder and rape.

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2 w. ago Prisons 'will be overwhelmed by slashing jury trials' as Labour MPs and peers vow to kill David Lammy's plan

Justice Secretary David Lammy has unveiled proposals to set up so-called 'swift courts' in England and Wales where cases will be heard by a judge alone.

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2 w. ago Jury trials to be axed for crimes with sentences under three years as 'swift court' plans announced

David Lammy told the House of Commons the plan for jury-free trials will take time to implement

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2 w. ago Why David Lammy's plan to scrap jury trials should TERRIFY you

While welcoming efforts to lower the case backlog, Mary Prior KC said she has no idea 'where on Earth' Lammy had been given the advice to scrap juries.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer gives another huge hint he wants to unwind Brexit as he says country was 'missold' EU vote and 'wild promises' cannot be delivered

The Prime Minister used his annual Guildhall speech on foreign policy to claim Britain was still 'dealing with the consequences' of severing ties with Brussels.

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2 w. ago Chambers founded by Sir Keir says PM's plan to axe majority of jury trials is 'wrong in principle'

The leading human rights set claimed there was 'no evidence' that cutting back on criminal trials heard by jurors would help tackle the backlog of Crown Court cases.

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3 w. ago David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases

Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’Jury trials for all except the most serious crimes such as rape, murder and manslaughter are set to be scrapped under radical proposals drawn up by David Lammy.In proposals that drew a swift backlash from senior lawyers, who said that they would not reduce court backlogs and could “destroy justice as we know it”, the justice secretary has proposed that juries will only pass judgment on public interest offences with possible prison sentences of more than five years. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ministers plan to scrap jury trials in England and Wales except for most serious cases

Proposed changes unlikely to apply to trials for serious offences such as rape and murder

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4 w. ago Departing MPs were handed over £14MILLION in payoffs and 'winding up' salary after election

The Commons watchdog has given details of the costs of the huge political bloodbath that swept Keir Starmer to power.

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4 w. ago Keir Starmer responds to damning Covid Inquiry report as huge failings unearthed

Keir Starmer has said the Government will 'carefully consider' the findings of Baroness Heather Hallett, who said Boris Johnson's dithering cost more than 20,000 lives

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