The prime minister is facing yet another problem.
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It has been a turbulent few months for Prime Minister ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ and the pressure is showing no signs of easing as Good Morning Britain shared a new update. Susanna Reid and Ed Balls fronted Tuesday’s (March 10) instalment of the programme and were joined in the studio by Ranvir Singh, who delivered the rest of the day’s news.
This included another concern for the Labour leader as she announced he is facing “one of his biggest rebellions” since coming into office. The presenter said: “The prime minister is facing one of the biggest rebellions since coming to power today if dozens of MPs vote against plans to scale back jury trials. “The Courts and Tribunals Bill could see the introduction of judge-only trials for some offenses to cut the backlog of cases waiting to go to trial.”
Ranvir was joined by political correspondent Louisa James, who disclosed that the number of MPs who are prepared to vote against the government on the matter “appears to be growing”.
She continued: “What no one is disputing is that something needs to be done to tackle the current crisis. There are more than 80,000 cases in a backlog waiting to be heard at Crown Court.”
This means someone who is charged today could be waiting until 2030 before they go on trial, Louisa revealed.
“That is not good for victims or defendants,” Louisa said, explaining that the disagreement is because the government wants to tackle the backlog, in part, by scrapping jury trials.
She went on: “If someone is facing a sentence of under three years, they will be tried by a single judge. More than 3,000 lawyers have written to the government today to say that those plans are untested and unpopular and there is no evidence they would reduce the backlog.”
The lawyers pointed to research which suggests it would only reduce court time by two per cent. Karl Turner, the leader of the backbench rebellion against the bill, has said up to 80 of his colleagues would be prepared to vote against the government unless the justice secretary offers some concessions.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain, Turner said: “You are looking at a scenario whereby a single judge in Lammy’s bill is going to be determining the innocence or guilt of a defendant who is charged with a serious criminal offence. That’s not fair and that is the stuff that needs to change.”
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