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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Josh Halliday and Peter Walker

Andy Burnham signals he will scrap plans to curb jury trials

Burnham in glasses and a dark blazer gestures while speaking outdoors, with people visible behind him
Andy Burnham was speaking during a visit to a family centre in Sheffield on Friday. Photograph: Annabel Lee-Ellis/Pool PA/AP

Andy Burnham is indicating he will scrap plans to curtail jury trials in England and Wales, abandoning one of the most significant overhauls from Keir Starmer’s government.

In perhaps his biggest repudiation yet of the policies he inherited from his predecessor, the prime minister said he had concerns about the proposals and his instinct was to keep juries at the heart of the justice system.

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