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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Analysis by Michael Goodier, with graphics by Lucy Swan and Harvey Symons

Crime and punishment: how 14 years of Tory rule have changed Britain – in charts

An illustration showing a police officer and graphic paper

“Justice delayed is justice denied” goes the old legal maxim – one that has captured the state of the court system in England and Wales in recent years.

The backlogs caused by the coronavirus pandemic are only one of the ways in which the justice and policing system has changed over the last 14 years – from cuts to legal aid and policing, to a more positive story on crime levels, much has changed since 2010.

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