The Guardian view on restricting trial by jury: a shabby evasion of responsibility | Editorial

The criminal cases backlog requires radical action, but the problem has been caused by government cuts, not by an ancient and fundamental libertyAbolition of trial by jury in England and Wales in all but the most serious cases is not the official policy of Sir Keir Starmer’s government – yet. All the signs, however, are that it soon will be. The leak of a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) briefing this week suggests that the lord chancellor, David Lammy, has signed off a plan restricting jur