- Country: United Kingdom
All the Starmer policies Burnham could scrap next after jury trial U-turn
Controversial plans to end jury trials for certain crimes have been scrapped by the Government
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- Country: United Kingdom
Burnham scraps Starmer’s controversial plan to curb jury trials
Government changes course on proposal after hearing the 'strength of feeling on the proposals'
- Country: United Kingdom
Andy Burnham government drops new rules inherited from Sir Keir Starmer after outcry
Burnham has shelved the plan
- Country: United Kingdom
Burnham scraps controversial jury trial plan in another Starmer policy reversal
- Country: United Kingdom
Burnham scraps controversial Starmer plan to axe jury trials
The move is a U-turn on radical plans to cut thousands of jury trials across England and Wales in a bid to tackle the court backlog