12 h. ago Grooming gangs: First Minister says he has confidence in SNP justice secretary who 'misled' parliament

Justice Secretary Angela Constance has faced repeated calls to resign over her comments about child grooming expert Professor Alexis Jay.

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12 h. ago Labour MP warns of huge Commons revolt against scrapping jury trials as he brands David Lammy a 'liar' and 'stark raving barmy'

The Justice Secretary this week 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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24 h. ago I'm not going anywhere, says Robert Jenrick as he snubs Reform move

Senior figures in Mr Farage's party are pushing him to try to secure the defection of the Shadow Justice Secretary, arguing it would beef up his top team - and deal a ­hammer blow to the Tories.

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30 h. ago Reform council leader accused of racism after alleged remarks about Sadiq Khan

Ian Cooper allegedly called Khan ‘narcissistic Pakistani’ and made comments about lawyer Shola Mos-ShogbamimuA Reform UK council leader has been accused of racism after allegedly describing Sadiq Khan as a “narcissistic Pakistani” and saying a black British lawyer should have “F’d off back to Nigeria”.Ian Cooper, the leader of Staffordshire county council, is also said to have attacked the justice secretary, David Lammy, in a social media post that said: “No foreign national or first generation migrant should be allowed to sit in parliament.” Continue reading...

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31 h. ago David Lammy slams colleagues gossiping about Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves

David Lammy - the deputy PM and Justice Secretary - has hit out at his Cabinet colleagues for 'having a drink and b*tching about' Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves

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36 h. ago 'Untenable': SNP Justice Secretary Angela Constance told to resign for 'lying'

The Scottish Conservatives say the justice secretary is using junior government ministers as ‘human shields’.

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36 h. ago Government to review evidence on grooming gangs in Scotland as Angela Constance told to resign for 'lying'

The Scottish Government has now confirmed it will launch an inquiry into child grooming gangs.

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38 h. 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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44 h. ago MSP demands probe after Scots widow handed dead husband's feet in bag of belongings

Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Justice MSP Pauline McNeill has slammed the incident as "deeply distressing" as she called for a probe into the mishandling of human remains.

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59 h. ago Juries to be scrapped in thousands of cases, David Lammy confirms

The justice secretary has announced sweeping reforms to the courts system including limiting the right to a jury trial

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59 h. ago Jury trials to be scrapped for certain crimes, justice secretary confirms

David Lammy announces new 'swift courts'

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61 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Should jury trials be scrapped for all but the most serious cases?

Plans to free up crown courts to deal with serious crimes swiftly and hand more support to victims are being announced by the Justice Secretary as part of efforts to tackle the 'courts emergency'.

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61 h. ago Labour slammed as 12 more prisoners 'accidentally released' early as two 'still at large'

Justice Secretary David Lammy has admitted another 12 UK prisoners have been accidentally released from incarceration, with two of the former inmates still currently at large

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61 h. ago Two prisoners released by mistake are are still at large, David Lammy tells BBC

The Justice Secretary, David Lammy, said he didn't want to give a 'running commentary' on the hunt for the two prisoners

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61 h. ago David Lammy tells of ‘traumatic’ racial abuse in youth after Farage allegations

Deputy PM contrasts apologies from former classmates to Reform UK leader’s response to claims against himDavid Lammy has spoken of his own “traumatic” experience of being racially abused at school as he called on Nigel Farage to apologise for comments he allegedly made while a teenager.Lammy, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary, said the testimony of more than 20 of the Reform leader’s school contemporaries of his racist and antisemitic behaviour was “deeply troubling”. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Mobile phone thieves shouldn't be able to delay rape cases by demanding trial by jury, suggests David Lammy

The Justice Secretary was unveiling reforms to deal with a ‘courts emergency’

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63 h. ago BBC Breakfast hosts share 'significant' breaking news live on air

Justice Secretary David Lammy made a shocking admission on Tuesday's BBC Breakfast

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63 h. ago Twelve more prisoners in England and Wales released in error in last month

Justice secretary David Lammy says two are still at large and overall ‘trend is downwards’Prisoners continue to be released mistakenly with a further 12 inmates let out of jail in error since November, the UK justice secretary has revealed.David Lammy told BBC Breakfast that despite the latest figures the “trend is downwards” after improvements to the system were put in place. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Lammy to lay out sweeping reforms for ‘swift justice’ including plans to scrap jury trials in thousands of cases

Judge-only trials could replace juries for less serious crimes as David Lammy unveils ‘bold’ plans for a Canada-inspired justice system

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63 h. ago Labour's prisons shame as Calamity Lammy reveals 12 more inmates have been mistakenly released in the last month

There have been 12 further accidental releases of prisoners since November, the Justice Secretary confirmed today.

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