'A most distressing time': Top judge slams Labour's 'drastic' court funding decision

The Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr said Labour missed a chance to run crown courts at full capacity - (PA Wire)

Victims of violent crime are being made to wait years for justice after the Labour government decided Crown Courts should not run at full capacity, the Lady Chief Justice has told MPs.

Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill delivered a devastating verdict on the government’s decision-making and budgeting as she gave evidence to the House of Commons Justice Select Committee.