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Andy Burnham signals he will scrap plans to curb jury trials
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Prime minister says he has concerns about one of most significant proposals from Keir Starmer’s government Andy Burnham is indicating he will scrap plans to curtail jury trials in England and Wales, abandoning one of…
Prime minister says he has concerns about one of most significant proposals from Keir Starmer’s government
Andy Burnham is indicating he will scrap plans to curtail jury trials in England and Wales, abandoning one of the most significant overhauls from Keir Starmer’s government.
In perhaps his biggest repudiation yet of the policies he inherited from his predecessor, the prime minister said he had concerns about the proposals and his instinct was to keep juries at the heart of the justice system.
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