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Andy Burnham signals he will scrap plans to curb jury trials

Prime minister says he has ‘concerns’ about one of most significant overhauls of Keir Starmer’s governmentUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has indicated he will scrap plans to curtail jury trials in England and Wales, abandoning one of the…

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Prime minister says he has ‘concerns’ about one of most significant overhauls of Keir Starmer’s government

Andy Burnham has indicated he will scrap plans to curtail jury trials in England and Wales, abandoning one of the most significant overhauls of Keir Starmer’s government.

The prime minister said he had “concerns” about the proposals and that his “instincts” were to keep juries at the heart of the justice system.

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