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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
George Lithgow

Controversial plan to curb jury trials scrapped

There were 80,829 cases still to be dealt with at the end of June (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Archive)

Andy Burnham has scrapped the controversial plan to curb jury trials.

The decision is a U-turn on proposals introduced under Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership in a bid to tackle the court backlog.

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