"We didn't know the scale of the challenge."
"Yes you did!"
Labour's Helena Dollimore defends the government's plan to cut back on jury trials.
Labour knew precisely the scale of the crisis in the criminal courts.
Everybody did.
The backlog was a matter of public record.
But Labour’s manifesto did not contain a *single* idea to address the problems.
And then their cuts to sitting days made the backlog even worse.
"We didn't know the scale of the challenge."
"Yes you did!"
Labour's Helena Dollimore defends the government's plan to cut back on jury trials.
Labour knew precisely the scale of the crisis in the criminal courts.
Everybody did.
The backlog was a matter of public record.
But Labour’s manifesto did not contain a *single* idea to address the problems.
And then their cuts to sitting days made the backlog even worse.