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Walkouts in England and Wales from next week come amid ‘record backlog’ at crown courts

Barristers have voted to go on strike from next week in the ongoing row with government over Legal Aid funding.

It's a row over legal aid funding

The promised industrial action comes at a time of significant backlogs across the court system.

Walkouts will begin next week, the Criminal Bar Association confirmed

The Criminal Bar Association said around 81.5% of the more than 2,000 members to respond supported industrial action

Picket lines expected outside crown courts in Cardiff, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and Manchester

Sevenfold rise in those waiting at least a year for cases to be heard as lawyers quit over cuts in legal aid

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Business confidence and conditions eased in May in the face of rising prices and interest rates, but were still holding at relatively high levels.

As the Albanese government works on getting legislation ready for its highly anticipated corruption watchdog, calls are growing for it to boost protections for whistleblowers and drop criminal prosecutions against Richard Boyle, David McBride and Bernard Collaery, and to advocate for Julian Assange.