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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Andy Gregory

Labour government without accurate data on courts crisis amid fears of soaring trials backlog

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The government has failed to publish any data on the crisis in the criminal courts this year due to inaccuracies in its statistics, leaving the public blind amid fears the backlog of trials has soared to grim new highs.

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