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The IndependentSunday, 4 October 2026
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Burnham scraps Starmer’s 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, which had prompted an outpouring of protest from MPs, lawyers and campaigners
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