If UK government is serious about resuscitating our criminal justice system, they must now enact a comprehensive, long-term rescue strategy with strong political leadership, sustained investment and a ...

This is troubling. Trial by jury is not an administrative inconvenience. It is a democratic safeguard. It ensures that ...

Leaky courts, broken heating and a backlog of more than 79,000 criminal cases in England and Wales paint a picture of a ...

Despite this the prison population remains virtually unchanged from last year – the most recent figure (26 January 2026) is 87,212 people in prison.

Diane Coyle has received funding from the Nuffield Foundation’s Public Right to Justice programme. The Labour government has made economic growth its top priority, committing to planning reforms, ...

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