Labour warned plan to jail fewer offenders undermines strategy to protect women and girls - UK politics live

Incoming victims’ commissioner warns government’s various strategies lack cohesionAlmost 40 Labour MPs have signed an open letter to Keir Starmer describing the government’s plans to limit access to jury trials as madness.In the letter, organised by Karl Turner, who is normally a loyalist, the MPs say:The drastic restriction of the right to trial by jury is not a silver bullet. To limit a fundamental right for what will make a marginal difference to the backlog, if any, is madness and will cause more problems than it solves. Continue reading...