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The radical plan from David Lammy has been criticised by senior lawyers, who say 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…

Rachel Reeves told MPs she had kept her manifesto commitments. Responding, Kemi Badenoch said the opposite. Who is right? Budget 2025: key points at a glance Rachel Reeves told MPs in the Commons on Wednesday: “I have cut the cost of living – with money off bills and prices frozen – all while keeping every single one of our manifesto commitments.” The claim was a bold one, given that the chancellor had promised not to raise national insurance, VAT or income tax, and has arguably raised two of them. Continue reading… Source link India SIR extension proves that the……

Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament? Rachel Reeves has approached this week’s budget like a reluctant swimmer inching into freezing water, trying to ease the unpleasantness by incremental exposure. The chancellor started paddling delicately around the problem of insufficient revenue at the end of the summer. First, she refused to stand by former insistence that tax rises in last year’s budget would be the last. “The world has changed,” she said. Then, earlier this month, she took a bigger stride into the…